ANTICIPATION is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ANTICIPATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTICIPATION?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTICIPATION is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTICIPATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anticipationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTICIPATION scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ANTICIPATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTICIPATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTICIPATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The act of expecting something or preparing for it before it happens.
Anticipation is the excited or anxious waiting that comes before an event. In music it also names a note that arrives just before the chord it belongs to, and in planning it means acting early to head off a problem.
How ANTICIPATION is used
Anticipation is widely used in daily speech, music and planning.
- The crowd waited in eager anticipation for the concert to begin.
- In anticipation of heavy rain, the town stacked sandbags.
- The anticipation of the holiday made it hard to sleep.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTICIPATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTICIPATION
1 longer words begin with ANTICIPATION.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTICIPATION
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Common questions about ANTICIPATION
- Is ANTICIPATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTICIPATION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTICIPATION worth?
- ANTICIPATION is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTICIPATION mean?
- The act of expecting something or preparing for it before it happens.
- What letters can be added to ANTICIPATION?
- ANTICIPATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ANTICIPATION:
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