BWANA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BWANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BWANA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BWANA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BWANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bwanasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BWANA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BWANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BWANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A Swahili word for master or boss, used in East Africa as a respectful form of address to a man.
Bwana is a Swahili title meaning master or sir, heard across East Africa when addressing or referring to a man with respect, in much the same way as sahib in South Asia. It appears in everyday Swahili speech in countries such as Kenya and Tanzania, and turns up in English-language writing about the region as a borrowed term.
How BWANA is used
A Swahili loanword; heard in East African speech and in English writing set in the region.
- The guide greeted the visitor with a polite bwana.
- Workers on the farm addressed the owner as bwana.
- The novel's dialogue has villagers calling the district officer bwana.
- She learned that bwana was the polite way to address a stranger.
- The old letters refer to the estate manager simply as bwana.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BWANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BWANA
The 5 tiles of BWANA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BWANA
1 longer words begin with BWANA.
Shorter words from the letters in BWANA
Common questions about BWANA
- Is BWANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BWANA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BWANA worth?
- BWANA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BWANA mean?
- A Swahili word for master or boss, used in East Africa as a respectful form of address to a man.
- What letters can be added to BWANA?
- BWANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BWANA:
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