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Is anent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anent is a Scrabble US word. The word anent is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is anent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word anent is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

A1N1E1N1T1

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Yes. The word anent is a Words With Friends word. The word anent is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

ANENT,

4-letter words (5 found)

ANTE,ETNA,NANE,NEAT,TANE,

3-letter words (15 found)

ANE,ANN,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ETA,NAE,NAN,NAT,NET,TAE,TAN,TEA,TEN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from anent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of anent

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Definitions and meaning of anent

anent

Etymology

From Middle English anent, anempt (“insofar as, inasmuch as, in comparison with, with respect to, as regards, concerning, in the opinion or judgment of; next to, close to, up to, near, adjoining, across from, over against, facing”), from Old English on efn (“by; near”), from on +‎ efn. Compare Dutch neven, German neben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈnɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Preposition

anent

  1. (now rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.
    Synonyms: apropos, as for; see also Thesaurus:about
    • 1937, L. Ron Hubbard, letter to Russell Hays, quoted in Literary Correspondence: Letters and Journals, p. 101,
      I have just found out something with which to repay that very kind favor of yours anent the "lift" angle on stories.
  2. (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
  3. (obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
  4. (obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.

Derived terms

  • thereanent
  • whereanent

References

  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Anagrams

  • annet

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English anent, anempt (“insofar as, inasmuch as, in comparison with, with respect to, as regards, concerning, in the opinion or judgment of; next to, close to, up to, near, adjoining, across from, over against, facing”), from Old English onemn (“by; near”); equivalent to modern in + even. Compare Dutch neven, German neben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [əˈnɛnt]
  • (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): [əˈnænt]

Preposition

anent

  1. in a line with, on a level with, alongside of
  2. before the face of, in the presence of (of persons)
  3. fronting, opposite, over against (of position)
  4. concerning, about

Derived terms

  • foreanent (“over against, opposite to; on the opposite side”)
  • hereanent (“concerning”)
  • thareanent (“the matter already mentioned, relating to what has been said above”)

Adverb

anent (not comparable)

  1. in front, opposite

Source: wiktionary.org