NAP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAP?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does NAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The standard English word for a short daytime sleep, distinct from its unrelated namesakes: the raised nap on cloth and the card game nap.
Nap also names the raised surface on cloth, and the two are unrelated: one is native English and the other arrived from Dutch. A third nap, a card game, gave English the phrase about going nap on something.
How NAP is used
Countable. Also a verb: napped, napping.
- A nap of twenty minutes helps and one of two hours does not.
- The nap on velvet lies one way and shows it.
- He napped through the entire second half.
- Three unrelated words are spelled nap.
- Two naps in a day is a sign of something.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAP
The 3 tiles of NAP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NAP
Showing 24 of 75 words that begin with NAP.
Words ending in NAP
9 words end in NAP. Useful as a back hook: play NAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAP inside
Showing 24 of 325 words that contain NAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAP
Common questions about NAP
- Is NAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAP, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAP worth?
- NAP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAP mean?
- The standard English word for a short daytime sleep, distinct from its unrelated namesakes: the raised nap on cloth and the card game nap.
- What letters can be added to NAP?
- NAP takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NAP:
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