ANTINOVEL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANTINOVEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTINOVEL?
| 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 ANTINOVEL is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTINOVEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antinovelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTINOVEL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANTINOVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTINOVEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTINOVEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A work of fiction that deliberately breaks the usual rules of the novel, such as plot and character.
The antinovel was a label for mid-twentieth-century experiments that dropped tidy stories and psychological depth. Readers meet fragments, odd narrators and endless description instead of a clear arc.
How ANTINOVEL is used
Used by critics and literature students when discussing experimental French and English fiction.
- The critic called the book an antinovel because it had no plot at all.
- An antinovel may ignore chapters, heroes and endings alike.
- Her essay compared the antinovel with the traditional Victorian story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTINOVEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTINOVEL
3 longer words begin with ANTINOVEL.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTINOVEL
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Common questions about ANTINOVEL
- Is ANTINOVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTINOVEL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTINOVEL worth?
- ANTINOVEL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTINOVEL mean?
- A work of fiction that deliberately breaks the usual rules of the novel, such as plot and character.
- What letters can be added to ANTINOVEL?
- ANTINOVEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANTINOVEL:
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