ANTIQUITY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. ANTIQUITY 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 ANTIQUITY?
| 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 ANTIQUITY 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 ANTIQUITY
No single letter turns ANTIQUITY into another word.
How ANTIQUITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANTIQUITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIQUITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIQUITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The distant past, especially the ancient civilisations that came before the Middle Ages.
Historians say antiquity when they mean the world of Greece and Rome, but the word also describes the sheer age of something. In the plural, antiquities are the ancient objects themselves, such as statues and coins.
How ANTIQUITY is used
Used for ancient times in general or for the great age of a building, custom or object.
- Scholars of antiquity still debate how the great library was lost.
- The temple is admired for its antiquity as much as for its beauty.
- Writers of antiquity left behind poems, speeches and histories.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIQUITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIQUITY
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Common questions about ANTIQUITY
- Is ANTIQUITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIQUITY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIQUITY worth?
- ANTIQUITY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIQUITY mean?
- The distant past, especially the ancient civilisations that came before the Middle Ages.
- What letters can be added to ANTIQUITY?
- No single letter can be added to ANTIQUITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANTIQUITY:
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