ANTIQUARY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. ANTIQUARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIQUARY?
| 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 ANTIQUARY is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIQUARY
No single letter turns ANTIQUARY into another word.
How ANTIQUARY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANTIQUARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIQUARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIQUARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A person who studies, collects or deals in relics and objects from the distant past.
An antiquary is more of a devoted amateur scholar than a professional digger, and the word has an old-fashioned charm. Village histories were often written by a local antiquary with a cupboard full of coins and deeds.
How ANTIQUARY is used
Mostly found in historical or literary writing; modern usage often prefers antiquarian or archaeologist.
- The old antiquary spent his weekends measuring tombstones in country churchyards.
- An antiquary in the town left his collection of Roman coins to the museum.
- She worked as an antiquary, tracing the history of every manuscript she bought.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIQUARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIQUARY
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Common questions about ANTIQUARY
- Is ANTIQUARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIQUARY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIQUARY worth?
- ANTIQUARY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIQUARY mean?
- A person who studies, collects or deals in relics and objects from the distant past.
- What letters can be added to ANTIQUARY?
- No single letter can be added to ANTIQUARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANTIQUARY:
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