DONA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DONA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DONA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DONA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DONA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DONA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does DONA mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangBritish
A woman or girlfriend, in old-fashioned British slang.
Dona was slang for a woman or sweetheart, borrowed from the Spanish and Italian word for lady, and it turns up in older working-class British speech. It carries a casual, dated flavor rather than any formal politeness.
How DONA is used
Dated British slang; rarely used in current speech outside older fiction.
- He went off with his dona for the evening.
- The old song describes a sailor missing his dona back home.
- She was known around the docks as somebody's dona.
- In the play, the young man boasts about his new dona.
- The story is set among sailors and their donas in a port town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DONA
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with DONA.
Words with DONA inside
20 words contain DONA in the middle. Words that start with DONA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DONA
Common questions about DONA
- Is DONA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DONA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DONA worth?
- DONA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONA mean?
- A woman or girlfriend, in old-fashioned British slang.
- What letters can be added to DONA?
- DONA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DONA:
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