Is ANTICANCER a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ANTICANCER is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ANTICANCER mean?
- adjective
used in the treatment of cancer
“anticancer drug”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
A (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + R (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.
Hooks for ANTICANCER
ANTICANCER 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 ANTICANCER
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- acentric12
- carcanet12
- incarnate11
- acratic11
- centric11
- antiacne10
- carinate10
- craniate10
- accent10
- acetic10
- arctic10
- cancan10
- cancer10
- cantic10
- cretic10
- acarine9
- ancient9
- anticar9
- cannier9
- cantina9
- carinae9
- cateran9
- ceratin9
- certain9
- creatin9
- narcein9
- tacrine9
- cacti9
- caeca9
- cerci9
- ceric9
- circa9
- acetin8
- acinar8
- arcane8
- arnica8
- canine8
- canner8
- cannie8
- canter8
- carate8
- carina8
- carnet8
- carnie8
- catena8
- centai8
- centra8
- crania8
- cretin8
- enatic8
- encina8
- incant8
- incent8
- nectar8
- recant8
- tannic8
- tanrec8
- trance8
- caca8
- ceca8
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