NAN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. NAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,198.
What stands out about NAN
- NAN is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flat leavened bread of Indian cooking.
Nan is baked against the wall of a clay oven, which is why one side is blistered and the other is not. In British speech nan is also a grandmother, and the two words have nothing whatever to do with each other.
How NAN is used
Countable and uncountable. Also spelled naan.
- A nan is baked against the wall of the oven.
- The word nan is also British for a grandmother.
- Two nans between four people is not enough.
- A nan without a blistered side was baked flat.
- Nan and naan are both accepted spellings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAN
The 3 tiles of NAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NAN
Showing 24 of 110 words that begin with NAN.
Words ending in NAN
8 words end in NAN. Useful as a back hook: play NAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAN inside
Showing 24 of 580 words that contain NAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAN
Common questions about NAN
- Is NAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAN worth?
- NAN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAN mean?
- A flat leavened bread of Indian cooking.
- What letters can be added to NAN?
- NAN takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NAN:
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