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Yes. The word anapest is a Scrabble US word. The word anapest is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word anapest is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

ANAPEST,PEASANT,

6-letter words (6 found)

ANSATE,APNEAS,PAEANS,PAESAN,PATENS,PESANT,

5-letter words (39 found)

ANSAE,ANTAE,ANTAS,ANTES,APNEA,ASPEN,ATAPS,ETNAS,NAPAS,NAPES,NATES,NEAPS,NEATS,PAANS,PAEAN,PANES,PANTS,PASTA,PASTE,PATEN,PATES,PEANS,PEATS,PENTS,SAPAN,SEPTA,SNEAP,SPANE,SPATE,SPEAN,SPEAT,SPENT,STANE,STEAN,TANAS,TAPAS,TAPEN,TAPES,TEPAS,

4-letter words (71 found)

ANAS,ANES,ANSA,ANTA,ANTE,ANTS,APES,APSE,APTS,ASEA,ATAP,ATES,EANS,EAST,EATS,ENTS,ETAS,ETNA,NAES,NAPA,NAPE,NAPS,NATS,NEAP,NEAT,NEPS,NEST,NETS,PAAN,PANE,PANS,PANT,PASE,PAST,PATE,PATS,PEAN,PEAS,PEAT,PENS,PENT,PEST,PETS,SANE,SANT,SATE,SEAN,SEAT,SENA,SENT,SEPT,SETA,SNAP,SPAE,SPAN,SPAT,SPET,STAP,STEN,STEP,TAES,TANA,TANE,TANS,TAPA,TAPE,TAPS,TASE,TEAS,TENS,TEPA,

3-letter words (45 found)

AAS,ANA,ANE,ANS,ANT,APE,APT,ASP,ATE,ATS,EAN,EAS,EAT,ENS,EST,ETA,NAE,NAP,NAS,NAT,NEP,NET,PAN,PAS,PAT,PEA,PEN,PES,PET,PST,SAE,SAN,SAP,SAT,SEA,SEN,SET,SPA,TAE,TAN,TAP,TAS,TEA,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AE,AN,AS,AT,EA,EN,ES,ET,NA,NE,PA,PE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 180 words from anapest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of anapest

anapest

Alternative forms

  • anapaest (UK)
  • anapæst (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/
  • Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest

Noun

anapest (plural anapests)

  1. (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed.
  2. (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long.
  3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.

Synonyms

  • antidactylus

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

  • anapaest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Patanes, Pestana, Tapanes, patenas, peasant

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈpɛst]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.naˈpest]
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧pest

Noun

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)

  1. (prosody) anapest (metrical foot)

Further reading

  • “anapest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈanapɛst]
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Hyphenation: ana‧pest

Noun

anapest m inan

  1. (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • anapest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • anapest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

  • Štěpána

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • anapaest (dated)
  • anapaestus (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈpɛst/
  • Hyphenation: ana‧pest
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

anapest m (plural anapesten)

  1. (prosody) anapest

Derived terms

  • anapestisch

Further reading

  • “anapest” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos). First attested in 1817.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈna.pɛst/
  • Rhymes: -apɛst
  • Syllabification: a‧na‧pest

Noun

anapest m inan

  1. (prosody) anapest
    Synonym: antydaktyl

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • anapest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anapest”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 35

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.naˈpest/

Noun

anapest m (plural anapești)

  1. (prosody) anapest

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • anapest in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

anapest m (Cyrillic spelling анапест)

  1. anapest

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