APANAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. APANAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APANAGE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APANAGE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APANAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APANAGE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in APANAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 441,125.
What does APANAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A grant of land, office or income given by a ruler to maintain a younger child; also a rightful benefit of a position.
Under the old French monarchy an apanage kept younger sons provided for without splitting the crown lands. Later writers use apanage loosely for any perk that comes naturally with rank or station.
How APANAGE is used
The word apanage is a formal variant of appanage, found in history and in elevated prose.
- The king granted his youngest son a rich apanage in the south.
- Long speeches were once the apanage of senior statesmen.
- The duchy remained an apanage of the royal house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APANAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APANAGE
2 longer words begin with APANAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in APANAGE
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Common questions about APANAGE
- Is APANAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APANAGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APANAGE worth?
- APANAGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APANAGE mean?
- A grant of land, office or income given by a ruler to maintain a younger child; also a rightful benefit of a position.
- What letters can be added to APANAGE?
- APANAGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of APANAGE:
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