What ANCHOVY Means
- noun: tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- noun: small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ANCHOVY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 N1 C3 H4 O1 V4 Y4.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 68 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In ANCHOVY
61 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.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (15)
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (14)
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