There are numerous English words that start with "an", ranging from short common words to long technical or scientific terms. Over 900 such words exist in the Scrabble dictionary alone, including examples like an , anagram , analyze , and anxiety.
Common Words
Many everyday words begin with "an", such as anchor , angel , angle , angry , animal , answer , and anxiety. Shorter examples include three- letter words like ana and and , as well as the two-letter word an itself.
High-Scoring Game Words
In word games like Scrabble or Words With Friends, high-scoring words starting with "an" include analyze (19 Scrabble points), anchovy (18), and anxiety (17). The highest-scoring Scrabble word beginning with "an" is Anthozoic , worth 23 points.
Long and Technical Terms
Longer words starting with "an" often appear in scientific or academic contexts. Examples include anagrammatizing , anthropomorphic , and anthologization , some of which score highly in word games due to rare letters like Z and X