ANNA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ANNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANNA?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANNA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANNA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANNA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ANNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about ANNA
- ANNA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 ANNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalIndian English
A former small coin of India and Pakistan, worth one sixteenth of a rupee.
Before decimal currency was introduced, a rupee was divided into sixteen annas rather than into hundredths, so prices for very cheap goods were often quoted in annas. The coin disappeared when India and Pakistan moved to decimal money, and anna now survives mainly in historical writing and older literature.
How ANNA is used
Historical; no longer in circulation, met mainly in older texts and accounts.
- He paid one anna for the newspaper.
- A single anna bought a cup of tea in those days.
- The old ledger recorded prices down to the last anna.
- She kept a worn anna as a memento of her grandfather.
- Sixteen anna coins made up a single rupee.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANNA
The 4 tiles of ANNA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ANNA
23 longer words begin with ANNA.
Words ending in ANNA
18 words end in ANNA. Useful as a back hook: play ANNA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANNA inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain ANNA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANNA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANNA
Common questions about ANNA
- Is ANNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANNA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANNA worth?
- ANNA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANNA mean?
- A former small coin of India and Pakistan, worth one sixteenth of a rupee.
- What letters can be added to ANNA?
- ANNA takes 9 hooks: 6 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ANNA:
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