appanage
NOUN
/æpənɪdʒ/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
appanage is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1P3P3A1N1A1G2E1
1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does appanage mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
“for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family.
“bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families”
SYNONYMS
BROADER