MANGA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MANGA 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 MANGA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANGA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANGA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANGA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MANGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does MANGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at both children and adults and covering a wide range of genres.
Manga developed its own distinct visual style in Japan, marked by expressive characters, dynamic panel layouts, and, in most cases, black-and-white artwork read from right to left in its original format. Unlike Western comics, which are often associated mainly with children or superhero stories, manga spans nearly every genre imaginable, from romance and horror to sports and detailed historical drama, and readers of every age treat it as mainstream entertainment. The word's international popularity has grown enormously since the late twentieth century, and many successful manga series are later adapted into anime, the related style of Japanese animation. Bookshops worldwide now stock dedicated manga sections, and the term has entered everyday English as the standard word for this entire tradition of comic art.
How MANGA is used
Widely used in everyday English for Japanese-style comic books and graphic novels, regardless of the reader's age or the story's genre.
- She collected every volume of her favourite manga series.
- The bookshop devoted an entire aisle to manga and graphic novels.
- He learned to read manga from right to left.
- The convention drew thousands of manga and anime fans.
- A popular manga was later adapted into a television anime.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANGA
23 longer words begin with MANGA.
Words with MANGA inside
5 words contain MANGA in the middle. Words that start with MANGA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MANGA
Common questions about MANGA
- Is MANGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANGA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANGA worth?
- MANGA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANGA mean?
- A style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at both children and adults and covering a wide range of genres.
- What letters can be added to MANGA?
- MANGA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MANGA:
Open MANGA in the Word Finder