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Is anecdote a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anecdote is a Scrabble US word. The word anecdote is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is anecdote a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word anecdote is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is anecdote a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word anecdote is a Words With Friends word. The word anecdote is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

ANECDOTE,

7-letter words (3 found)

ACETONE,ENACTED,TACNODE,

6-letter words (20 found)

ACNODE,ANTEED,ATONED,CADENT,CANOED,CANTED,CENOTE,CETANE,COATED,COATEE,DEACON,DECANE,DECANT,DECENT,DENOTE,DOCENT,DONATE,ENCODE,OCTANE,TENACE,

5-letter words (37 found)

ACNED,ACTED,ACTON,ANODE,ANTED,ATONE,CADEE,CADET,CANED,CANOE,CANTO,CENTO,COATE,CODEN,CONED,CONTE,COTAN,COTED,CTENE,DANCE,DECAN,DENET,DONEE,EANED,EATEN,ENACT,ENATE,NOTED,OATEN,OCEAN,OCTAD,OCTAN,ONCET,TEADE,TEAED,TEEND,TONED,

4-letter words (62 found)

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3-letter words (55 found)

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2-letter words (21 found)

AD,AE,AN,AT,DA,DE,DO,EA,ED,EE,EN,ET,NA,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 200 words from anecdote according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of anecdote

anecdote

Alternative forms

  • anecdota (only attested in the plural (anecdotae), probably non-standard)
  • anecdoton (Grecian)
  • anecdotum (rare, Latinate)

Etymology

Late 17th c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).

Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.nɪk.doʊt/

Noun

anecdote (countable and uncountable, plural anecdotes)

  1. A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
  2. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
  3. A previously untold secret account of an incident.

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Verb

anecdote (third-person singular simple present anecdotes, present participle anecdoting, simple past and past participle anecdoted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).

Anagrams

  • encoated, toe dance, toe-dance, toedance

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nɛk.dɔt/

Noun

anecdote f (plural anecdotes)

  1. anecdote

Descendants

  • → Dutch: anekdote
    • → Indonesian: anekdot
  • → English: anecdote
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: anekdote
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: anekdote
  • → Polish: anegdota
  • → Russian: анекдо́т (anekdót) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: anécdota
  • → Swedish: anekdot
  • → Turkish: anekdot

Further reading

  • “anecdote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org