/ɛni/
adverbdeterminerpronoun

Is ANY a Scrabble word?

Yes. ANY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

Adverb 1 meaning

  1. To even the slightest extent; at all.

Determiner 3 meanings

  1. One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

    “Near-synonyms: some, all”

  2. A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.

    “Choose any item you want.”

  3. An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).

    “They'll be arriving any day.”

Pronoun 1 meaning

  1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

    “Any may apply.”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: any via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y.

Similar and opposite words

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someall
Opposite

ANY at a glance

ANY has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (A 1 + N 1 + Y 4) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #87 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -ANY

More endings

Same last three letters as ANY. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • MANY9
  • COMPANY16
  • ACCOMPANY20
  • TIFFANY16
  • BOTANY11
  • MAHOGANY17
  • EPIPHANY18
  • LITANY9
  • ZANY16
  • MISCELLANY17
  • MEANY10
  • INTERCOMPANY21

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