Scrabble & Words with friends points
- anteater is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- anteater is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- anteater is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of anteater
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea (noun)
Synonyms
- echidna
- spiny anteater
- small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct (noun)
Synonyms
- banded anteater
- myrmecobius fasciatus
- numbat
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia (noun)
Synonyms
- echidna
- spiny anteater
- nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata (noun)
Synonyms
- aardvark
- ant bear
- orycteropus afer
- toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites (noun)
Synonyms
- pangolin
- scaly anteater
- any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites (noun)
Synonyms
- new world anteater
See definition of anteater in Merriam Webster