ANISE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ANISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANISE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANISE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anisesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANISE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,227.
What stands out about ANISE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Mediterranean herb grown for its small, sweet seeds, which taste of liquorice and flavour food and drink.
Anise has been grown since ancient times for its fragrant seeds, often sold under the name aniseed, and cooks use them in breads, cookies and candies. Distillers also lean on anise to flavour drinks such as ouzo, pastis and sambuca. The plant is easy to confuse with star anise, a spice from an unrelated tree with a similar taste, so recipes sometimes take care to say which one they mean.
How ANISE is used
A common everyday word for both the plant and its seeds, used constantly in cooking, baking and drink-making.
- The bread was flavoured with anise seeds.
- She grows anise in her herb garden every summer.
- The liqueur gets its flavour from anise.
- He mistook star anise for ordinary anise at the market.
- The cookies had a faint taste of anise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANISE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANISE
The 5 tiles of ANISE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ANISE
8 longer words begin with ANISE.
Words ending in ANISE
Showing 24 of 54 words that end in ANISE. Useful as a back hook: play ANISE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANISE inside
Showing 24 of 129 words that contain ANISE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANISE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANISE
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Common questions about ANISE
- Is ANISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANISE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANISE worth?
- ANISE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANISE mean?
- A Mediterranean herb grown for its small, sweet seeds, which taste of liquorice and flavour food and drink.
- What letters can be added to ANISE?
- ANISE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANISE:
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