What ANSWER Means
- verb: react verbally“She didn't want to answer”
- verb: respond to a signal“answer the door”
- noun: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation“I waited several days for his answer”
- noun: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem“they were trying to find a peaceful solution”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ANSWER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 N1 S1 W4 E1 R1.
Anagrams of ANSWER (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ANSWER
112 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 (21)
AWNEREARNSNARESNEARSRAWNSREANSRESAWREWANSANERSAWERSEWANSEWARSNARESWARESWEARWANESWARESWARNSWEANSWEARSWRENS
4 letter words (42)
ANESANEWARESAREWAWESAWNSEANSEARNEARSERASERNSNARENEARNEWSRASERAWNRAWSREANRENSREWSSANESAWNSEANSEARSENASERASEWNSNARSNAWSWANWAESWANEWANSWAREWARNWARSWASEWEANWEARWENAWENSWREN
3 letter words (36)
ANEANSAREARSAWEAWNEANEAREASENSERAERNERSNAENASNAWNEWRANRASRAWRENRESREWSAESANSARSAWSEASENSERSEWWAEWANWARWASWEN
2 letter words (13)
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