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Is anchor a Scrabble word?

Yes, anchor is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of anchor?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.Examples: "Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say."

2. (nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).

3. (nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

4. (heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

5. (Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.Internet

6. (computing) A line of code in a program which acts as a reference point for further code to be added immediately before or after, usually via copy and paste.

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.Examples: "Nor earth to me giue foode, nor heauen light, / Sport and repoſe lock from me day and night, / To deſperation turn my truſt and hope, / And Anchors cheere in priſon be my ſcope, […]"obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "anchor"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "anchor"?

Scrabble
11 points
A1
N1
C3
H4
O1
R1
Words With Friends
12 points
A1
N2
C4
H3
O1
R1

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