ANOA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ANOA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANOA?
| 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 ANOA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANOA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anoasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANOA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ANOA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does ANOA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small wild ox native to the island of Sulawesi, related to the buffalo but no larger than a big deer.
The anoa is one of the smallest members of the cattle family, standing only about waist high, with short straight horns and dark hide. It lives in dense forest rather than open grassland and is now rare in the wild, so most people meet the word only in zoology books or crossword puzzles rather than in everyday speech.
How ANOA is used
Technical zoological term; unfamiliar outside natural-history contexts.
- The zoo's new exhibit featured a pair of anoa.
- An anoa is far smaller than an ordinary water buffalo.
- Conservationists are trying to protect the last wild anoa.
- The anoa's short horns distinguish it from other wild cattle.
- Photographs of the elusive anoa are rare.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANOA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANOA
1 longer words begin with ANOA.
Words with ANOA inside
8 words contain ANOA in the middle. Words that start with ANOA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANOA
Common questions about ANOA
- Is ANOA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANOA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANOA worth?
- ANOA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANOA mean?
- A small wild ox native to the island of Sulawesi, related to the buffalo but no larger than a big deer.
- What letters can be added to ANOA?
- ANOA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ANOA:
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