ANOMALY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANOMALY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANOMALY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANOMALY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANOMALY
No single letter turns ANOMALY into another word.
How ANOMALY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANOMALY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does ANOMALY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Something that departs from what is normal, standard or expected.
An anomaly is usually noticed because it sits awkwardly among otherwise regular results. Scientists often treat an anomaly as a clue that a theory is incomplete. In astronomy the word also names a measure of where a planet is along its orbit.
How ANOMALY is used
Used in science, statistics and everyday speech for any oddity that breaks a pattern, as in "a statistical anomaly".
- The warm week in January was an anomaly in an otherwise freezing winter.
- Auditors flagged the anomaly in the accounts and asked for an explanation.
- Her low score was an anomaly, since she had passed every earlier test.
- The telescope data showed an anomaly that nobody could explain at first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANOMALY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANOMALY
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Common questions about ANOMALY
- Is ANOMALY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANOMALY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANOMALY worth?
- ANOMALY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANOMALY mean?
- Something that departs from what is normal, standard or expected.
- What letters can be added to ANOMALY?
- No single letter can be added to ANOMALY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANOMALY:
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