ANTHROPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ANTHROPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTHROPIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTHROPIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTHROPIC
No single letter turns ANTHROPIC into another word.
How ANTHROPIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANTHROPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTHROPIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANTHROPIC
- All 9 letters of ANTHROPIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANTHROPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to human beings or to the period of time in which humans have existed.
Scientists mostly meet anthropic in the phrase "anthropic principle", an argument that the universe must allow observers like us to exist. Elsewhere the word is rare and sounds formal.
How ANTHROPIC is used
Found mainly in philosophy, cosmology and anthropology, rarely in everyday speech.
- The anthropic argument says we observe a universe suited to life because we are here.
- He wrote about anthropic effects on the climate.
- The book explores anthropic reasoning in modern physics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTHROPIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANTHROPIC
The 9 tiles of ANTHROPIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANTHROPIC
1 longer words begin with ANTHROPIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTHROPIC
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Common questions about ANTHROPIC
- Is ANTHROPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTHROPIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTHROPIC worth?
- ANTHROPIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTHROPIC mean?
- Relating to human beings or to the period of time in which humans have existed.
- What letters can be added to ANTHROPIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANTHROPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANTHROPIC:
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