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Is ankh a Scrabble word?

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

A1N1K5H4

Is ankh a Scrabble UK word?

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

A1N1K5H4

Is ankh a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ankh is a Words With Friends word. The word ankh is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1N2K5H3

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Valid words made from Ankh

You can make 10 words from 'ankh' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

4 letters words from 'ankh'

ANKH 11HANK 11
KHAN 11 

3 letters words from 'ankh'

HAN 6NAH 6

2 letters words from 'ankh'

AH 5AN 2
HA 5KA 6
NA 2 

All 4 letters words made out of ankh

ankh nakh aknh kanh nkah knah anhk nahk ahnk hank nhak hnak akhn kahn ahkn hakn khan hkan nkha knha nhka hnka khna hkna

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ankh. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ankh.

Definitions and meaning of ankh

ankh

Etymology

From Egyptian ꜥnḫ (“life, to live, symbol for life”),

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æŋk/, /ɑːŋk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk, -ɑːŋk
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋk

Noun

ankh (plural ankhs)

  1. A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.
    • 1994, Mira Bartok, Christine Ronan, Ancient Egypt and Nubia, page 11,
      On temple wall paintings, the ankh is often seen being carried by gods who hold it up to the nose of the pharaoh. This gesture symbolizes the offering of the "breath of life" or eternity. Sometimes the pharaoh is also depicted with a stream of water in the form of ankhs being poured over him during a purification ritual.
    • 2001, Anna Franklin, Paul Mason, Lammas: Celebrating Fruits of the First Harvest, page 245,
      The ankh combines the male and female sexual symbols: a female oval surmounting a male cross. It was also called the Key of the Nile, and was said to represent the sacred marriage between the God and Goddess which took place each year at the source of the Nile before the river flooded. Egyptians regarded the ankh as a universal life charm.
    • 2013, Gordon Strong, Windleroot, page 125,
      Now, the ankh that Thoth always held hovered in the air between Sekhmet and the Magus, and both fixed their gaze upon it.
  2. tau cross

Synonyms

  • (cross): ansate cross, crux ansata, Egyptian cross

Translations

See also

  • ☥
  • 𓋹
  • ankh on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Hank, Kahn, Khan, Nakh, hank, khan

Portuguese

Noun

ankh m (plural ankhs)

  1. ankh (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (Arabic) an Egyptian symbol of life, resembling a looped cross, later adapted by Coptic Christians as their cross.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)