LIANA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LIANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIANA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIANA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lianasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIANA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does LIANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long, woody, climbing vine that roots in the ground and winds its way up trees to reach sunlight in a forest canopy.
A liana does not grow a thick trunk of its own; instead it uses other trees for support while stretching upward toward the light. Tangles of liana are common in tropical rainforests, where botanists study how the vines compete with trees for sunlight and water.
How LIANA is used
Common in writing about tropical rainforests and ecology, describing how such vines compete with trees for light.
- Monkeys swung from a thick liana hanging between two trees.
- The rainforest canopy was tangled with liana and other vines.
- Botanists study how a liana climbs without a woody trunk of its own.
- Explorers hacked through liana to clear a path.
- Each liana wound tightly around the host tree's trunk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIANA
The 5 tiles of LIANA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LIANA
1 longer words begin with LIANA.
Words ending in LIANA
1 words end in LIANA. Useful as a back hook: play LIANA onto a word already on the board.
Words with LIANA inside
5 words contain LIANA in the middle. Words that start with LIANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LIANA
Common questions about LIANA
- Is LIANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIANA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIANA worth?
- LIANA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIANA mean?
- A long, woody, climbing vine that roots in the ground and winds its way up trees to reach sunlight in a forest canopy.
- What letters can be added to LIANA?
- LIANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIANA:
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