MONA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. MONA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MONA?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MONA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MONA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about MONA
- 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 MONA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small West African guenon monkey with a dark coat and a pale patch on the rump.
The mona is a slender, long-tailed monkey found in forests of West Africa. Its name is used on its own in zoology in the same way as vervet or colobus name other kinds of monkey.
How MONA is used
Specialist zoological term for the species; not common in everyday speech.
- The zoo keeper fed the mona fruit through the bars each morning.
- A troop of mona moved noisily through the canopy at dawn.
- Researchers tracked the mona for months to study its diet.
- The young mona clung tightly to its mother as she leapt between branches.
- Local hunters rarely target the mona because its meat is not favoured.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MONA
The 4 tiles of MONA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with MONA
Showing 24 of 84 words that begin with MONA.
Words ending in MONA
2 words end in MONA. Useful as a back hook: play MONA onto a word already on the board.
Words with MONA inside
Showing 24 of 59 words that contain MONA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MONA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MONA
Common questions about MONA
- Is MONA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONA worth?
- MONA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONA mean?
- A small West African guenon monkey with a dark coat and a pale patch on the rump.
- What letters can be added to MONA?
- MONA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MONA:
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