ANTICIPANT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ANTICIPANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTICIPANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTICIPANT is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTICIPANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anticipantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTICIPANT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANTICIPANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTICIPANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTICIPANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Looking forward to something with expectation or eagerness.
Anticipant is a rather formal and uncommon word, normally followed by of and the thing awaited. It can also name a person who anticipates, but this noun use is rare.
How ANTICIPANT is used
Literary or formal; typically in the pattern anticipant of something.
- The children were anticipant of the holiday.
- She waited, anticipant of good news.
- An anticipant mood filled the hall before the curtain rose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTICIPANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTICIPANT
1 longer words begin with ANTICIPANT.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTICIPANT
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Common questions about ANTICIPANT
- Is ANTICIPANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTICIPANT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTICIPANT worth?
- ANTICIPANT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTICIPANT mean?
- Looking forward to something with expectation or eagerness.
- What letters can be added to ANTICIPANT?
- ANTICIPANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANTICIPANT:
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