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ANCHOVIES

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What ANCHOVIES Means

ANCHOVIES is a form of ANCHOVY, which means:

  1. noun: tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
  2. 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

ANCHOVIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 N1 C3 H4 O1 V4 I1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of ANCHOVIES (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ANCHOVIES

430 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.

7 letter words (9)

6 letter words (55)

5 letter words (112)

4 letter words (134)

3 letter words (92)

2 letter words (28)

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