ANTEPAST is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANTEPAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTEPAST?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTEPAST is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTEPAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antepastsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTEPAST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTEPAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTEPAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTEPAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A foretaste of something to come, or a dish served before the main meal.
Antepast is an old word built from a Latin sense of "before" and food. Writers used it figuratively for a small sample of later delight, as when earthly joy was called an antepast of heaven. It is now rare outside dictionaries.
How ANTEPAST is used
Archaic and literary; seldom used today.
- The first warm day was an antepast of summer.
- A small dish of olives served as the antepast.
- He called the overture an antepast of the opera to come.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTEPAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTEPAST
1 longer words begin with ANTEPAST.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTEPAST
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Common questions about ANTEPAST
- Is ANTEPAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTEPAST, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTEPAST worth?
- ANTEPAST is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTEPAST mean?
- A foretaste of something to come, or a dish served before the main meal.
- What letters can be added to ANTEPAST?
- ANTEPAST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTEPAST:
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