ANNUNCIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANNUNCIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANNUNCIATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANNUNCIATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANNUNCIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANNUNCIATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANNUNCIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANNUNCIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANNUNCIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formalarchaic
To make known publicly; to announce or proclaim.
Annunciate is an old-fashioned relative of announce, best known from the Annunciation, when an angel declared news to Mary. Today it also appears in technology, for alarm panels that signal a fault.
How ANNUNCIATE is used
Formal or archaic in general use; technical in the context of alarm systems.
- The herald stepped forward to annunciate the king's decree.
- The panel will annunciate any fault in the system.
- It was his duty to annunciate each guest at the door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANNUNCIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANNUNCIATE
2 longer words begin with ANNUNCIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANNUNCIATE
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Common questions about ANNUNCIATE
- Is ANNUNCIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANNUNCIATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANNUNCIATE worth?
- ANNUNCIATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANNUNCIATE mean?
- To make known publicly; to announce or proclaim.
- What letters can be added to ANNUNCIATE?
- ANNUNCIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANNUNCIATE:
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