ANTICIPATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANTICIPATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTICIPATOR?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTICIPATOR is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTICIPATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTICIPATOR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANTICIPATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTICIPATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTICIPATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person or thing that foresees something and acts or prepares in advance.
An anticipator expects what is coming and responds before it arrives, such as a chess player who sees several moves ahead. In engineering, an anticipator is also a small heater in a thermostat that makes it switch off the furnace early.
How ANTICIPATOR is used
Anticipator is uncommon and appears in general writing and in thermostat descriptions.
- A natural anticipator, she had the answer ready before he asked.
- The thermostat's anticipator prevents the room from overheating.
- Good goalkeepers are anticipators of the striker's next move.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTICIPATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTICIPATOR
3 longer words begin with ANTICIPATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTICIPATOR
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Common questions about ANTICIPATOR
- Is ANTICIPATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTICIPATOR, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTICIPATOR worth?
- ANTICIPATOR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTICIPATOR mean?
- A person or thing that foresees something and acts or prepares in advance.
- What letters can be added to ANTICIPATOR?
- ANTICIPATOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANTICIPATOR:
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