Is ANCHORESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ANCHORESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
14
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
9
Letters
A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Definition
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See the definition of AnchoressHooks for ANCHORESS
ANCHORESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from ANCHORESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- archness13
- anchors12
- archons12
- chaoses12
- chasers12
- choreas12
- coshers12
- crashes12
- eschars12
- ochreas12
- oraches12
- ranches12
- ranchos12
- roaches12
- hoarsens11
- senhoras11
- anchor11
- anchos11
- arches11
- archon11
- cashes11
- chares11
- chaser11
- chases11
- chasse11
- chorea11
- chores11
- chosen11
- choses11
- cosher11
- coshes11
- encash11
- eschar11
- hances11
- naches11
- nachos11
- ochers11
- ochrea11
- ochres11
- orache11
- rancho11
- search11
- coarsens10
- narcoses10
- harness10
- hoarsen10
- noshers10
- senhora10
- senhors10
- shorans10
- aches10
- ancho10
- chaos10
- chare10
- chars10
- chase10
- chess10
- chons10
- chore10
- chose10
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