ANANA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. ANANA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ANANA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANANA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANANA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANANA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 59,752.
What stands out about ANANA
- ANANA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- ANANA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
Words starting with ANANA
2 longer words begin with ANANA.
Words ending in ANANA
3 words end in ANANA. Useful as a back hook: play ANANA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANANA inside
3 words contain ANANA in the middle. Words that start with ANANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANANA
Common questions about ANANA
- Is ANANA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ANANA is not in it.
- How many points is ANANA worth?
- ANANA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to ANANA?
- ANANA takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANANA:
Open ANANA in the Word Finder