at any rate
ADVERB
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH A
at any rate is a valid 11-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1T1A1N1Y4R1A1T1E1
1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does at any rate mean?
ADVERB · 1 SENSE
1
If nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial).
“they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary”
“the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching”
SYNONYMS