NANNY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NANNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NANNY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NANNY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NANNY
No single letter turns NANNY into another word.
How NANNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NANNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 209,132.
What does NANNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person, traditionally a woman, employed to look after young children in their own home; also, informally, a female goat, and, as an adjective, describing government seen as excessively protective of citizens.
Families who can afford live-in or daily childcare employ a nanny to feed, dress, entertain, and generally look after their children while the parents work or are otherwise occupied, a role with a long history in wealthier British households. The same short word names a female goat, most often heard in the paired terms nanny goat and billy goat for the female and male of the species. British political writing also uses nanny adjectivally in the phrase nanny state, a critical term for a government accused of regulating everyday personal choices, from diet to safety equipment, far more closely than citizens think necessary. The verb to nanny extends this critical sense to any person or institution accused of being overprotective or overbearing toward someone capable of managing alone.
How NANNY is used
Common in everyday British and international English for a child's carer, and, as nanny state, a frequent target of political criticism for excessive regulation.
- The children adored their kind and patient nanny.
- A nanny goat grazed peacefully beside the fence.
- Critics accused the government of running a nanny state.
- The family hired a live-in nanny after the twins were born.
- He complained that the new rules seemed to nanny ordinary shoppers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NANNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NANNY
7 longer words begin with NANNY.
Words ending in NANNY
4 words end in NANNY. Useful as a back hook: play NANNY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in NANNY
Common questions about NANNY
- Is NANNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NANNY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NANNY worth?
- NANNY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NANNY mean?
- A person, traditionally a woman, employed to look after young children in their own home; also, informally, a female goat, and, as an adjective, describing government seen as excessively protective of citizens.
- What letters can be added to NANNY?
- No single letter can be added to NANNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NANNY:
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