NAS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. NAS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NAS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAS is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How NAS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about NAS
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 NAS mean in Scrabble?
other
archaicobsolete
An archaic contraction of ne has or ne was, meaning has not or was not.
Nas packs a negative particle and a verb into one short word, a habit common in early English before separate words like has not became standard. Readers of medieval and early modern texts meet nas where a modern writer would simply use has not or was not.
How NAS is used
Found in editions of older English texts rather than modern usage.
- The old text reads that he nas afraid of the coming storm.
- She nas seen at court since the previous winter, the chronicle notes.
- The scribe wrote that the knight nas present at the feast.
- According to the tale, the miller nas short of flour that year.
- The footnote explains that nas simply meant was not in this line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAS
The 3 tiles of NAS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NAS
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with NAS.
Words ending in NAS
Showing 24 of 343 words that end in NAS. Useful as a back hook: play NAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAS inside
Showing 24 of 287 words that contain NAS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAS
Common questions about NAS
- Is NAS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NAS is not in it.
- How many points is NAS worth?
- NAS is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAS mean?
- An archaic contraction of ne has or ne was, meaning has not or was not.
- What letters can be added to NAS?
- NAS takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NAS:
Open NAS in the Word Finder