ARNA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARNA 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARNA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARNA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARNA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARNA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does ARNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The Indian wild water buffalo, a large horned animal native to the plains of northern India.
An arna is the wild ancestor of the domestic water buffalo, distinguished by its massive backswept horns and its habit of wallowing in marshes and river shallows. The word entered English through Hindi and is used mainly in accounts of Indian wildlife and hunting, where the arna stands apart from tamer domesticated herds.
How ARNA is used
Rare outside specialist writing on Indian wildlife; most readers meet arna only in such accounts or in word lists.
- A lone arna grazed at the edge of the reed bed.
- Hunters described the arna as far more dangerous than the tame buffalo.
- The forest ranger spotted an arna wallowing near the river bend.
- Old travel accounts mention herds of arna roaming the northern plains.
- The museum display compared the skull of an arna with that of a domestic buffalo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARNA
The 4 tiles of ARNA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARNA
3 longer words begin with ARNA.
Words ending in ARNA
3 words end in ARNA. Useful as a back hook: play ARNA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARNA inside
Showing 24 of 95 words that contain ARNA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARNA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARNA
Common questions about ARNA
- Is ARNA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARNA is not in it.
- How many points is ARNA worth?
- ARNA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARNA mean?
- The Indian wild water buffalo, a large horned animal native to the plains of northern India.
- What letters can be added to ARNA?
- ARNA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARNA:
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