NAT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. NAT 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 NAT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What stands out about NAT
- 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 NAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
An informal, chiefly British term for a nationalist, someone who supports a policy of national independence or a nationalist political party.
Nat is a clipped form used in newspapers and casual conversation when writers do not want to spell out nationalist in full. It appears most often in reports on Scottish or Welsh politics, where a nat denotes a supporter of a nationalist party rather than the broader idea of nationalism itself.
How NAT is used
Used in journalism and everyday political talk, not in formal or academic writing.
- The columnist described every delegate at the rally as a committed nat.
- Local nats gathered outside the town hall to hear the results.
- Her uncle has voted as a nat since he was a teenager.
- The headline joked that even the cat had turned nat overnight.
- Two nats and one unionist sat on the small committee.
- Reporters asked the young nat why turnout had risen so sharply.
- The debate split the room between nats and their opponents.
- He calls himself a moderate nat rather than a hardliner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAT and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see NAT
- The clipped form nat became common in British newspaper headlines because it fits tight column widths better than nationalist.
- As a nat, a person is most often a supporter of a Scottish or Welsh independence party, not just anyone sympathetic to the wider idea.
Anagrams of NAT
The 3 tiles of NAT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NAT
Showing 24 of 135 words that begin with NAT.
Words ending in NAT
14 words end in NAT. Useful as a back hook: play NAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAT inside
Showing 24 of 2265 words that contain NAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAT
Common questions about NAT
- Is NAT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NAT is not in it.
- How many points is NAT worth?
- NAT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAT mean?
- An informal, chiefly British term for a nationalist, someone who supports a policy of national independence or a nationalist political party.
- What letters can be added to NAT?
- NAT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NAT:
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