The word anchor is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • anchor n. (Nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
  • anchor n. (Nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain…
  • anchor n. (Nautical) The combined anchoring gear (Anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.).

40 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANCHOR ANCHORING AND AS AT BERTH BILL BITTS BOTTOM BY CAT CHAIN COMBINED DEVICE FITTINGS GEAR GRIP HER HOLD IRON MOOR MOVEMENT NAUTICAL OF OR PEAK RESIST RIVER RODE SEA SHAPED SO SUCH THE TO TOOL USED VESSEL WINDLASS

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AN ANCHO CH HO OR

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

NA OH

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ARCHON RANCHO

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

ANCHOS

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

ANCHO

26 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ANCHORS ANCHORED ANCHORET ANCHORAGE ANCHORESS ANCHORETS ANCHORING ANCHORITE ANCHORMAN ANCHORMEN ANCHORAGES ANCHORETIC ANCHORETTE ANCHORITES ANCHORITIC ANCHORLESS ANCHORESSES ANCHORETTES ANCHORWOMAN ANCHORWOMEN ANCHORETICAL ANCHORITICAL ANCHORPEOPLE ANCHORPERSON ANCHORPERSONS ANCHORITICALLY

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

COANCHORS UNANCHORS COANCHORED DISANCHORS UNANCHORED COANCHORING DISANCHORED UNANCHORING DISANCHORING

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

COANCHOR UNANCHOR DISANCHOR

7 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B BROCHAN
+M MONARCH NOMARCH
+S ANCHORS ARCHONS RANCHOS
+T CHANTOR

9 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-H ACORN CARON NARCO RACON
-N ORACH ROACH
-O RANCH
-R ANCHO NACHO

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 3234 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 16425 chance (0.01%).

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Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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