NANDIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NANDIN 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 NANDIN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NANDIN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NANDIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NANDIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NANDIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What stands out about NANDIN
- NANDIN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NANDIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen Asian shrub of the barberry family, known as nandina or heavenly bamboo, grown for its red berries and colourful foliage.
The nandin is widely planted as an ornamental shrub because its leaves turn deep red in cold weather and its clusters of small red berries last through much of winter. Despite the common name heavenly bamboo, the nandin is unrelated to true bamboo and only resembles it in the shape of its leaves and stems. Gardeners in many countries know the plant equally well under the longer name nandina.
How NANDIN is used
A gardening and horticultural term, usually seen on plant labels and in descriptions of ornamental shrubs.
- The nandin by the porch turned bright red in autumn.
- Landscapers often plant nandin for its winter berries.
- A row of nandin lined the path to the garden gate.
- Birds ignored the ripe berries growing on the nandin most of the season.
- The bamboo-like leaves marked the nandin among the garden shrubs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NANDIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NANDIN
5 longer words begin with NANDIN.
Shorter words from the letters in NANDIN
Common questions about NANDIN
- Is NANDIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NANDIN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NANDIN worth?
- NANDIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NANDIN mean?
- An evergreen Asian shrub of the barberry family, known as nandina or heavenly bamboo, grown for its red berries and colourful foliage.
- What letters can be added to NANDIN?
- NANDIN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NANDIN:
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