HANAP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. HANAP 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HANAP?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HANAP 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 HANAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hanapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HANAP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HANAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HANAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ornate medieval drinking cup, usually made of precious metal and fitted with a lid.
A hanap was set on the table for state occasions rather than everyday use, and the lid kept dust and insects out of the wine between courses. The word came into English through Old French from an older Germanic root for a bowl, the same root that also gave an old English word for a drinking vessel. Museums that hold surviving hanaps usually display them as goldsmiths' work rather than as ordinary tableware, since most were made of silver or silver-gilt for households wealthy enough to commission them.
How HANAP is used
Historical; used mainly to describe medieval tableware rather than any cup in current use.
- The abbey kept a silver hanap for the abbot's table alone.
- The word hanap names a covered medieval drinking cup.
- A hanap with its lid closed kept the wine free of dust.
- Two hanaps from the same workshop survive in the museum.
- The inventory listed a hanap among the household's silver.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HANAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HANAP
3 longer words begin with HANAP.
Shorter words from the letters in HANAP
Common questions about HANAP
- Is HANAP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HANAP is not in it.
- How many points is HANAP worth?
- HANAP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HANAP mean?
- An ornate medieval drinking cup, usually made of precious metal and fitted with a lid.
- What letters can be added to HANAP?
- HANAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HANAP:
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