anachronism

1. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: "A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism” ( Henry Louis Gates, Jr.).

2. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.

3. An error in chronology.

4. A misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other.

5. A person or a thing that is chronologically out of place.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
anachronism	18	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
ah	5
ai	2
am	4
an	2
ar	2
as	2
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mo	4
na	2
no	2
oh	5
oi	2
om	4
on	2
or	2
os	2
sh	5
si	2
so	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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noncash	12
oarsman	9
ocarina	9
onanism	9
racinos	9
ramonas	9
ranchos	12
sarcina	9
sarcoma	11
channas	12
chromis	14

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
archaism	15
armonica	12
chainman	15
chairman	15
charisma	15
chrismon	15
harmonic	15
macaroni	12
macarons	12
mahonias	13
maniocas	12
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minorcas	12
monarchs	15
narcomas	12
nomarchs	15
ocarinas	10
omniarch	15
ranchman	15
shamanic	15
sonarman	10

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anarchism	16
anchorman	16
armonicas	13
chairmans	16
harmonica	16
harmonics	16
macaronis	13
marocains	13
omniarchs	16

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
harmonicas	17
maraschino	17

11 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anachronism	18