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Is anvil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anvil is a Scrabble US word. The word anvil is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is anvil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word anvil is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1N1V4I1L1

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

ANVIL,NIVAL,VINAL,

4-letter words (8 found)

ANIL,LAIN,NAIL,VAIL,VAIN,VALI,VIAL,VINA,

3-letter words (10 found)

AIL,AIN,ANI,LAV,LIN,NAV,NIL,VAN,VIA,VIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AN,IN,LA,LI,NA,

You can make 28 words from anvil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of anvil

anvil navil avnil vanil nvail vnail anivl naivl ainvl ianvl niavl inavl avinl vainl aivnl iavnl vianl ivanl nvial vnial nival inval vinal ivnal anvli navli avnli vanli nvali vnali anlvi nalvi alnvi lanvi nlavi lnavi avlni valni alvni lavni vlani lvani nvlai vnlai nlvai lnvai vlnai lvnai anilv nailv ainlv ianlv nialv inalv anliv naliv alniv laniv nlaiv lnaiv ailnv ialnv alinv lainv ilanv lianv nilav inlav nliav lniav ilnav linav aviln vailn aivln iavln vialn ivaln avlin valin alvin lavin vlain lvain ailvn ialvn alivn laivn ilavn liavn vilan ivlan vlian lvian ilvan livan nvila vnila nivla invla vinla ivnla nvlia vnlia nlvia lnvia vlnia lvnia nilva inlva nliva lniva ilnva linva vilna ivlna vlina lvina ilvna livna

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Definitions and meaning of anvil

anvil

Etymology

From Middle English anfilt, anvelt, anfelt, from late Old English anfilt, anfilte, anfealt, from earlier onfilti (“anvil”), from Proto-West Germanic *anafalt (compare Middle Dutch anvilte, Low German Anfilts, Anefilt, Old High German anafalz), compound of *ana (“on”) + *falt (“beaten”) (compare German falzen (“to groove, fold, welt”), Swedish dialectal filta (“to beat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-t- (“shaken, beaten”) (compare Middle Irish lethar (“leather”), Latin pellō (“to beat, strike”), Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to toss, brandish”)), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to stir, move”). More at felon.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæn.vəl/, /ˈæn.vɪl/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæn.vɪl/

Noun

anvil (plural anvils)

  1. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
    • 1794, William Blake, “The Tyger,” lines 15-16,
      What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
  2. (anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.
  3. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
  4. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
  5. (meteorology) A horizontal-topped mass of cloud, shaped like a blacksmith's anvil, that forms before a thunderstorm.

Synonyms

  • stithy

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Verb

anvil (third-person singular simple present anvils, present participle anvilling or anviling, simple past and past participle anvilled or anviled)

  1. (transitive, often figurative) To fashion on, or as if on, an anvil.

See also

  • hammer
  • ossicle
  • stirrup

Further reading

  • anvil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Alvin, Lavin, Vilna, nival, vinal

Source: wiktionary.org