anacrusis

1. Music See upbeat.

2. One or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse, before the reckoning of the normal meter begins.

3. One or more notes or tones preceding the first downbeat of a musical phrase.

4. One or more syllables at the beginning of a line of poetry that are regarded as preliminary to and not a part of the metrical pattern.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
anacrusis	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
ai	2
an	2
ar	2
as	2
in	2
is	2
na	2
nu	2
si	2
un	2
us	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aas	3
ain	3
air	3
ais	3
ana	3
ani	3
arc	5
ars	3
ass	3
can	5
car	5
cis	5
cru	5
cur	5
ins	3
nus	3
rai	3
ran	3
ras	3
ria	3
rin	3
run	3
sac	5
san	3
sau	3
sic	5
sin	3
sir	3
sis	3
sri	3
sun	3
sus	3
uni	3
uns	3
urn	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acai	6
ains	4
airn	4
airs	4
anas	4
anis	4
ansa	4
anus	4
arcs	6
aria	4
asci	6
aura	4
cain	6
cans	6
carn	6
cars	6
casa	6
cris	6
crus	6
curn	6
curs	6
cuss	6
narc	6
raia	4
rain	4
rais	4
rani	4
rias	4
rins	4
ruin	4
runs	4
sacs	6
sain	4
sans	4
sari	4
scan	6
scar	6
sics	6
sins	4
sirs	4
sris	4
suns	4
sura	4
unai	4
unci	6
unis	4
uric	6
urns	4
ursa	4
cria	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acais	7
acari	7
airns	5
anura	5
arcus	7
arias	5
arsis	5
ascus	7
assai	5
asura	5
auras	5
auric	7
auris	5
cains	7
cairn	7
carns	7
casas	7
casus	7
cauri	7
crass	7
curia	7
curns	7
incur	7
incus	7
naira	5
nairu	5
narcs	7
naric	7
naris	5
nisus	5
raias	5
rains	5
ranis	5
risus	5
ruana	5
ruins	5
runic	7
sacra	7
sains	5
saran	5
sarin	5
saris	5
sasin	5
sauna	5
scans	7
scars	7
scaur	7
scran	7
sinus	5
suras	5
unais	5
uncia	7
unica	7
crias	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acarus	8
acinar	8
acinus	8
anuria	6
anuric	8
arnica	8
asuras	6
cairns	8
carina	8
cassia	8
cauris	8
crania	8
crasis	8
crissa	8
incurs	8
nairas	6
nairus	6
ruanas	6
sansar	6
sarans	6
sarins	6
saunas	6
scaurs	8
scrans	8
urania	6
uranic	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acrasin	9
anurias	7
arnicas	9
ascaris	9
carinas	9
cassina	9
cuirass	9
sarcina	9
saurian	7
uranias	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acrasins	10
sarcinas	10
saurians	8

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anacrusis	11