LANA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. LANA 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 LANA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LANA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LANA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about LANA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The wood of the genipap, a large tree native to the West Indies.
Lana names a dense, pale timber once shipped from Caribbean forests for furniture and small construction work. Carpenters prized the material for how easily it took a fine finish, long before cheaper imported hardwoods became common in the trade.
How LANA is used
Rare botanical term, seen mainly in older accounts of West Indian trees and timber.
- The carpenter preferred lana for its strength.
- Old records list lana among the timbers exported from the islands.
- The table was carved from a single plank of lana.
- Lana was harvested from trees growing near the coast.
- Botanists studied how quickly lana trees regrew after cutting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LANA
The 4 tiles of LANA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LANA
5 longer words begin with LANA.
Words ending in LANA
6 words end in LANA. Useful as a back hook: play LANA onto a word already on the board.
Words with LANA inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain LANA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LANA
Common questions about LANA
- Is LANA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LANA is not in it.
- How many points is LANA worth?
- LANA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANA mean?
- The wood of the genipap, a large tree native to the West Indies.
- What letters can be added to LANA?
- LANA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LANA:
Open LANA in the Word Finder