NOAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. NOAH 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 7 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept NOAH?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOAH is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
noahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOAH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does NOAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianslang
(Australian slang) A shark, from the rhyming-slang phrase Noah's ark, meaning shark.
Beach and surf communities in Australia extended their rhyming-slang habit, borrowed originally from Cockney speech, to give the animal an indirect, less alarming nickname. Someone who calls out noah instead of naming the creature directly is following a long tradition of softening blunt words for danger in casual talk. The trimmed form stuck because it sounds harmless on its own, unlike the fuller phrase it comes from.
How NOAH is used
Used in informal Australian speech, especially around beaches and surfing.
- Someone shouted that a noah had been spotted past the flags.
- The lifeguard closed the beach after reports of a noah near the reef.
- Surfers swapped stories about the biggest noah anyone had seen that summer.
- He joked that the old wetsuit made him look like noah bait.
- The news report used the local slang, calling the shark a noah.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOAH
1 longer words begin with NOAH.
Shorter words from the letters in NOAH
Common questions about NOAH
- Is NOAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOAH, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOAH worth?
- NOAH is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOAH mean?
- (Australian slang) A shark, from the rhyming-slang phrase Noah's ark, meaning shark.
- What letters can be added to NOAH?
- NOAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOAH:
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