NANDINA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NANDINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NANDINA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NANDINA is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NANDINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nandinasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NANDINA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NANDINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 617,576.
What does NANDINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen East Asian shrub, grown for its feathery foliage and red autumn colour.
A nandina resembles bamboo in outline but belongs to the barberry family. Gardeners plant it for the bronze and scarlet tints of its leaves and its bright berries.
How NANDINA is used
Nandina is the common garden name, often heard in the phrase heavenly bamboo.
- A nandina stood by the doorway, red against the snow.
- The nursery sold a dwarf nandina for borders.
- Birds stripped the berries from the nandina.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NANDINA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NANDINA
1 longer words begin with NANDINA.
Shorter words from the letters in NANDINA
Common questions about NANDINA
- Is NANDINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NANDINA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NANDINA worth?
- NANDINA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NANDINA mean?
- An evergreen East Asian shrub, grown for its feathery foliage and red autumn colour.
- What letters can be added to NANDINA?
- NANDINA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NANDINA:
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