ANNUNCIATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANNUNCIATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANNUNCIATORY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANNUNCIATORY is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANNUNCIATORY
No single letter turns ANNUNCIATORY into another word.
How ANNUNCIATORY scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ANNUNCIATORY, 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 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANNUNCIATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANNUNCIATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to or serving to make an announcement.
Annunciatory fits things whose job is to proclaim news, from a herald's fanfare to a signal panel. It echoes the word annunciation, the announcing of an event.
How ANNUNCIATORY is used
Rare and formal; found in descriptive or literary prose about signals and proclamations.
- A trumpet gave an annunciatory blast from the gate.
- The annunciatory tone of the letter left no room for debate.
- An annunciatory light flashed on the panel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANNUNCIATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANNUNCIATORY
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Common questions about ANNUNCIATORY
- Is ANNUNCIATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANNUNCIATORY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANNUNCIATORY worth?
- ANNUNCIATORY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANNUNCIATORY mean?
- Relating to or serving to make an announcement.
- What letters can be added to ANNUNCIATORY?
- No single letter can be added to ANNUNCIATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ANNUNCIATORY:
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