ANSA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ANSA 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 ANSA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANSA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANSA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ANSA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ANSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does ANSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Either of the two apparent projecting ends of Saturn's rings as seen from Earth, or, more generally, a loop-shaped or handle-like part of something.
When Saturn's rings are viewed edge-on through a telescope from a distance, each side appears to stick out from the planet like the handle of a cup, and astronomers call each of these projecting extremities an ansa, from the Latin word for handle. The same root gives anatomical terms for small loop-shaped structures in the body.
How ANSA is used
Technical, used in astronomy and anatomy rather than everyday speech.
- Through the telescope, one ansa of Saturn's ring was brighter than the other.
- The observer sketched the ansa as it emerged from behind the planet's disk.
- Anatomists use ansa to name certain looped nerve pathways.
- The eastern ansa appeared to shrink as the rings tilted.
- Early astronomers mistook the ansa for separate small moons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANSA
The 4 tiles of ANSA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANSA
7 longer words begin with ANSA.
Words ending in ANSA
2 words end in ANSA. Useful as a back hook: play ANSA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANSA inside
Showing 24 of 59 words that contain ANSA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANSA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANSA
Common questions about ANSA
- Is ANSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANSA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANSA worth?
- ANSA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANSA mean?
- Either of the two apparent projecting ends of Saturn's rings as seen from Earth, or, more generally, a loop-shaped or handle-like part of something.
- What letters can be added to ANSA?
- ANSA takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ANSA:
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