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8-letter words starting with AN
There are 242 8-letter words starting with AN in the standard word-game list. The most common are anything, anywhere, annoying, analysis, announce, antidote.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| anything | Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other. | 15 |
| anywhere | at or in or to any place | 17 |
| annoying | causing irritation or annoyance | 12 |
| analysis | an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | 11 |
| announce | make known; make an announcement | 10 |
| antidote | a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | 9 |
| ancestor | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | 10 |
| angelica | any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white… | 11 |
| analyzed | examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts | 21 |
| anyplace | at or in or to any place | 15 |
| aneurysm | a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the… | 13 |
| ancients | people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman… | 10 |
| animated | having life or vigor or spirit | 11 |
| antelope | graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles,… | 10 |
| anointed | Having undergone the process of anointing. | 9 |
| anchored | Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.) | 14 |
| anterior | of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | 8 |
| ancestry | the hereditary derivation of an individual | 13 |
| anecdote | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | 11 |
| anaconda | large arboreal boa of tropical South America | 11 |
| annually | without missing a year | 11 |
| anorexic | suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | 17 |
| anorexia | a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite | 15 |
| analyzer | an instrument that performs analyses | 20 |
| antibody | any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which… | 14 |
| anteater | toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for… | 8 |
| analogue | of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | 9 |
| anathema | a detested person | 13 |
| animator | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | 10 |
| anabaena | Any cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena. | 10 |
| anabasis | A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia. | 10 |
| anabatic | of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope | 12 |
| anableps | Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided… | 12 |
| anabolic | of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism | 12 |
| anaerobe | an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live | 10 |
| anaglyph | moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed | 17 |
| anagogic | based on or exemplifying anagoge | 12 |
| anagrams | a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters | 11 |
| analcime | A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi2O6·H2O, having a zeolite structure, found in… | 12 |
| analcite | Analcime. | 10 |
| analecta | a collection of excerpts from a literary work | 10 |
| analects | a collection of excerpts from a literary work | 10 |
| analemma | A figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the… | 12 |
| analogic | Of or pertaining to analogy. | 11 |
| analyser | an instrument that performs analyses | 11 |
| analytic | using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | 13 |
| anapaest | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | 10 |
| anaphase | the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | 13 |
| anaphora | using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier | 13 |
| anarchic | without law or control | 15 |
| anasarca | generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue | 10 |
| anatomic | of or relating to the structure of the body | 12 |
| anatoxin | a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the… | 15 |
| anchusin | A resinoid colouring matter obtained from alkanet root. | 13 |
| anconeal | Of or pertaining to the elbow. | 10 |
| anconoid | Anconal; resembling the elbow | 11 |
| andesite | a dark grey volcanic rock | 9 |
| androgen | male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics | 10 |
| anechoic | not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent | 15 |
| anemosis | A shake in timber caused by high winds. | 10 |
All 242 words
- anything
- anywhere
- annoying
- analysis
- announce
- antidote
- ancestor
- angelica
- analyzed
- anyplace
- aneurysm
- ancients
- animated
- antelope
- anointed
- anchored
- anterior
- ancestry
- anecdote
- anaconda
- annually
- anorexic
- anorexia
- analyzer
- antibody
- anteater
- analogue
- anathema
- animator
- anabaena
- anabases
- anabasis
- anabatic
- anableps
- anabolic
- anaemias
- anaerobe
- anaglyph
- anagoges
- anagogic
- anagrams
- analcime
- analcite
- analecta
- analects
- analemma
- analgias
- analogic
- analysed
- analyser
- analyses
- analysts
- analytic
- analyzes
- anapaest
- anapests
- anaphase
- anaphora
- anaphors
- anarchic
- anasarca
- anatases
- anatomic
- anatoxin
- anchoret
- anchusas
- anchusin
- ancillae
- ancillas
- anconeal
- anconoid
- andantes
- andesite
- andesyte
- andirons
- androgen
- androids
- anearing
- anecdota
- anechoic
- anemones
- anemoses
- anemosis
- anergias
- anergies
- aneroids
- anestrus
- anethole
- anethols
- aneurins
- aneurism
- angakoks
- angarias
- angaries
- angeling
- angering
- anginose
- anginous
- angiomas
- anglepod
- anglings
- angriest
- angstrom
- angulate
- angulose
- angulous
- anhingas
- anilines
- animalic
- animally
- animater
- animates
- animisms
- animists
- animuses
- aniseeds
- anisette
- anisoles
- ankerite
- ankushes
- ankylose
- annalist
- annattos
- annealed
- annealer
- annelids
- annexing
- annotate
- annoyers
- annulate
- annulets
- annulled
- annulose
- anodally
- anodized
- anodizes
- anodynes
- anodynic
- anointer
- anolytes
- anoopsia
- anopsias
- anoretic
- anorthic
- anosmias
- anovular
- anoxemia
- anoxemic
- anserine
- anserous
- answered
- answerer
- antacids
- antalgic
- antbears
- antecede
- antedate
- antefixa
- antennae
- antennal
- antennas
- antepast
- anteroom
- antetype
- antevert
- anthelia
- anthelix
- anthemed
- anthemia
- antheral
- antherid
- antheses
- anthesis
- anthills
- anthodia
- antiarin
- antiatom
- antibias
- antiboss
- anticity
- anticked
- anticold
- anticult
- antidora
- antidrug
- antifoam
- antigene
- antigens
- antihero
- antiking
- antileak
- antileft
- antilife
- antilock
- antilogs
- antilogy
- antimale
- antimask
- antimere
- antimony
- antinode
- antinomy
- antinuke
- antiphon
- antipill
- antipode
- antipole
- antipope
- antiporn
- antipyic
- antiqued
- antiquer
- antiques
- antirape
- antiriot
- antirock
- antiroll
- antirust
- antisera
- antiship
- antiskid
- antislip
- antismog
- antismut
- antisnob
- antistat
- antitank
- antitype
- antiwear
- antiweed
- antlered
- antlions
- antonyms
- antonymy
- antrorse
- antsiest
- anureses
- anuresis
- anuretic
- anviling
- anvilled
- anviltop