ANYWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANYWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANYWAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANYWAY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANYWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anywaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANYWAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANYWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What does ANYWAY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In any case, or despite something else.
Anyway marks a change of subject or a return to the main point of a story. It is also used to say that something happened even though there was an obstacle.
How ANYWAY is used
Anyway is very common in speech to close a topic or to begin the next one.
- It was raining, but we went anyway.
- Anyway, as I was saying, the train was late.
- I did not like it, but I ate it anyway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANYWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANYWAY
1 longer words begin with ANYWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in ANYWAY
Common questions about ANYWAY
- Is ANYWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANYWAY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANYWAY worth?
- ANYWAY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANYWAY mean?
- In any case, or despite something else.
- What letters can be added to ANYWAY?
- ANYWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANYWAY:
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