ancestor
Is ANCESTOR a valid word?
Valid in:TWL (Scrabble US)WWF
10
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends
7.2/10
Difficulty
Uncommon
Rarity
Score breakdown
Scrabble & WWF — calculate total word score by adding the score of each letter:
| a | n | c | e | s | t | o | r | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrabble | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10pts |
| WWF | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12pts |
Definition of ANCESTOR
nounOne from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Anagrams of ANCESTOR (1)
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