NAB is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NAB 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 NAB?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAB is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NAB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does NAB mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To catch or seize somebody.
Nab turned up in the seventeenth century as thieves' slang and has kept a light tone ever since: it is used about arrests but never inside a report of one. Where it came from is unknown, which is usual for words of that kind.
How NAB is used
Nabbed, nabbing. Informal.
- They nabbed him at the ferry with the bag still packed.
- She nabbed the last seat and looked innocent.
- The word nab began as thieves' slang.
- Nabbing somebody and arresting them are the same act in different registers.
- He nabs the good jobs by asking first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAB
The 3 tiles of NAB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NAB
21 longer words begin with NAB.
Words ending in NAB
1 words end in NAB. Useful as a back hook: play NAB onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAB inside
Showing 24 of 528 words that contain NAB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NAB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAB
Common questions about NAB
- Is NAB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAB, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAB worth?
- NAB is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAB mean?
- To catch or seize somebody.
- What letters can be added to NAB?
- NAB takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NAB:
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