MANANA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MANANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANANA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANANA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mananasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANANA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MANANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 473,037.
What does MANANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An unspecified time in the future, especially one used to put off doing something without urgency.
Manana comes directly from the Spanish word for tomorrow, but English speakers borrowed it loosely to mean some vague later time rather than a specific day. The word carries a gently teasing suggestion of procrastination, as if whatever needs doing can always wait a little longer. English writers often use the phrase manana attitude to describe an easygoing, unhurried approach to deadlines.
How MANANA is used
Used informally in English to describe procrastination or a relaxed attitude toward time.
- He kept promising to fix the fence, always putting it off until manana.
- The office ran on a manana schedule, and nothing started on time.
- She laughed off his manana excuse for missing another deadline.
- Travelers soon adjusted to the region relaxed manana pace of life.
- Manana is fine for a vacation, but not for a work deadline.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANANA
1 longer words begin with MANANA.
Shorter words from the letters in MANANA
Common questions about MANANA
- Is MANANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANANA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANANA worth?
- MANANA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANANA mean?
- An unspecified time in the future, especially one used to put off doing something without urgency.
- What letters can be added to MANANA?
- MANANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MANANA:
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