What ANCHOR Means
- noun: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- noun: a central cohesive source of support and stability“faith is his anchor”
- verb: fix firmly and stably“anchor the lamppost in concrete”
- verb: secure a vessel with an anchor“We anchored at Baltimore”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ANCHOR is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 N1 C3 H4 O1 R1.
Anagrams of ANCHOR (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ANCHOR
63 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
5 letter words (9)
4 letter words (19)
3 letter words (24)
2 letter words (11)
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