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6-letter words starting with AN

There are 81 6-letter words starting with AN in the standard word-game list. The most common are anyone, anyway, answer, animal, anyhow, annual.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
anyoneAny person; anybody.9
anywayused to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement15
answera statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or…9
animalmarked by the appetites and passions of the body8
anyhowused to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement15
annualcompleting its life cycle within a year6
anchora mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving11
anthema song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)11
anemiaa deficiency of red blood cells8
ankleta shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle10
anemiclacking vigor or energy10
annalsreports of the work of a society or learned body etc6
analogof a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input7
anointchoose by or as if by divine intervention6
anginaany disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain7
angledforming or set at an angle8
antlerdeciduous horn of a member of the deer family6
anglera scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage7
animusa feeling of ill will arousing active hostility8
anabasA fish of the genus Anabas, a kind of climbing gourami.8
anademA headband, especially a garland of flowers.9
anallyInvolving the anus.9
anankeNecessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and…10
anarchThe author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.11
anenstOver against.6
anergyreduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen10
angaryThe right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another…10
angoraa domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair7
anisicOf, pertaining to, or derived from anise8
anlagean organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development7
annealbring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling6
annexean addition that extends a main building13
anodalof or at or relating to an anode7
anodicof or at or relating to an anode9
anomicsocially disoriented10
anomiepersonal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation8
anonyma fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role11
anopiasightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye)8
anoraka kind of heavy jacket10
anoxiasevere hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues13
anoxicrelating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs15
ansateThat has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.6
antherthe part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk9
antiarA poison obtained from the upas tree.6
antingThe practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a…7
antralOf or pertaining to an antrum6
antruma natural cavity or hollow in a bone8
anuralLacking a tail6
anuranrelating to frogs and toads6
anuriainability to urinate6
anuricof or relating to an inability to urinate8

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