ancestor

1. A forerunner or predecessor.

2. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.

3. Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.

4. Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.

5. One from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
ancestor	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
an	2
ar	2
as	2
at	2
en	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
na	2
ne	2
no	2
oe	2
on	2
or	2
os	2
re	2
so	2
ta	2
te	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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act	5
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ant	3
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ate	3
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oar	3
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soc	5
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tas	3
tea	3
tec	5
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tes	3
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ton	3
tor	3
aro	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ates	4
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orts	4
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rase	4
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torc	6
tore	4
torn	4
tors	4
tosa	4
tsar	4
nare	4
aros	4
stan	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acnes	7
acorn	7
acres	7
acros	7
actor	7
aeons	5
antes	5
antre	5
arose	5
arson	5
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ascot	7
aster	5
atone	5
caner	7
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orate	5
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torcs	7
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trace	7
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acorns	8
actors	8
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arseno	6
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atoner	6
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nacres	8
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nestor	6
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oaters	6
oceans	8
ocreas	8
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stance	8
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tarocs	8
tenors	6
tensor	6
toners	6
traces	8
trance	8
tronas	6
trones	6
retcon	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
atoners	7
canoers	9
canters	9
cantors	9
carnets	9
cartons	9
coarsen	9
coaster	9
coaters	9
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enactor	9
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octanes	9
recants	9
recoats	9
santero	7
scanter	9
senator	7
tanrecs	9
trances	9
treason	7
retcons	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ancestor	10
enactors	10