NANA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. NANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NANA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NANA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NANA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NANA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about NANA
- 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 NANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal, affectionate name for a grandmother, used mainly within a family.
Nana belongs to a family of simple, repeated-syllable words that small children use for close relatives, alongside forms such as mama and papa; nana is used as a term of address or a name for a grandmother rather than as a formal, neutral noun for the relationship. The word is warm and familiar rather than clinical.
How NANA is used
Informal; typically capitalized when used as a name within a family (Nana), but valid in play as a common noun.
- Every Sunday the children visited their nana for lunch.
- Nana baked cookies for the whole family.
- He calls his grandmother nana instead of grandma.
- The photograph on the shelf shows nana as a young woman.
- She learned to knit from her nana.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NANA
The 4 tiles of NANA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NANA
1 longer words begin with NANA.
Words ending in NANA
6 words end in NANA. Useful as a back hook: play NANA onto a word already on the board.
Words with NANA inside
24 words contain NANA in the middle. Words that start with NANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NANA
Common questions about NANA
- Is NANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NANA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NANA worth?
- NANA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NANA mean?
- An informal, affectionate name for a grandmother, used mainly within a family.
- What letters can be added to NANA?
- NANA takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NANA:
Open NANA in the Word Finder