ANN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. ANN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ANN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ANN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,198.
What does ANN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotslegalhistorical
In old Scots law, the additional half-year's stipend paid to the family of a parish minister after his death.
The ann was a customary payment beyond a minister's normal salary, granted to his widow or executors to cover the months following his death. The term appears mainly in older Scottish legal and church records.
How ANN is used
Obsolete outside historical and legal-history writing about Scotland.
- The kirk session recorded payment of the ann to the widow.
- Old church accounts still mention sums set aside as ann.
- The minister's family received the ann according to custom.
- Legal historians study the ann as part of church financing.
- The ann was meant to support the household through the year after a death.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANN
The 3 tiles of ANN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANN
Showing 24 of 166 words that begin with ANN.
Words ending in ANN
4 words end in ANN. Useful as a back hook: play ANN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANN inside
Showing 24 of 757 words that contain ANN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANN
Common questions about ANN
- Is ANN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ANN is not in it.
- How many points is ANN worth?
- ANN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANN mean?
- In old Scots law, the additional half-year's stipend paid to the family of a parish minister after his death.
- What letters can be added to ANN?
- ANN takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ANN:
Open ANN in the Word Finder