Anchors

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of anchor, referring to heavy devices lowered to the seabed to hold a vessel in position and prevent it from drifting.

“The fleet dropped their anchors in the sheltered bay to wait out the storm.”

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Synonyms

moorings

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends in ORS and contains A and O as the two vowels, with the CH combination being the key consonant pair

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Scrabble

Scores 12 points, the H tile contributes four points and the S ending allows easy extension of existing board words

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Words you can make from Anchors

Shorter words formed from the letters in “anchors”.

acorns anchor charon racons sharon achor acorn acron ancor arcos arson ascon canos canso carns chaos chars chora chron corah coran corns crash crosa

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