MANNA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MANNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANNA?
| 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 MANNA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANNA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANNA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MANNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 69,711.
What does MANNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Something valuable or beneficial that arrives unexpectedly, especially as a stroke of good fortune; originally the food said to have fed the Israelites in the wilderness.
In the biblical account, manna fell from the sky each morning to feed the Israelites during their journey through the desert. From that story, English borrowed the word to describe any welcome and unforeseen benefit, especially money or resources that arrive just when they are needed. The phrase manna from heaven captures this sense of an unearned or providential gift.
How MANNA is used
Often used in the fixed phrase manna from heaven to describe a windfall or unexpected help.
- The unexpected bonus felt like manna from heaven to the struggling family.
- Rain after months of drought was manna to the farmers.
- The grant arrived like manna just as the project ran out of funds.
- According to the story, manna covered the ground each morning.
- Investors treated the tax refund as pure manna.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANNA
3 longer words begin with MANNA.
Shorter words from the letters in MANNA
Common questions about MANNA
- Is MANNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANNA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANNA worth?
- MANNA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANNA mean?
- Something valuable or beneficial that arrives unexpectedly, especially as a stroke of good fortune; originally the food said to have fed the Israelites in the wilderness.
- What letters can be added to MANNA?
- MANNA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MANNA:
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