NOMA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NOMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOMA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOMA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about NOMA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 NOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A rapidly spreading gangrenous disease of the mouth and face, most often affecting severely malnourished children.
Noma destroys soft tissue and bone with frightening speed once it takes hold, and it remains almost entirely a disease of extreme poverty and malnutrition in the modern world. Early treatment with nutrition and antibiotics can stop it, but survivors are often left with severe facial damage.
How NOMA is used
Medical term, rarely encountered outside clinical or public-health writing.
- The clinic reported several new cases of noma among the refugee children.
- Noma can disfigure a face within days if left untreated.
- Doctors linked the outbreak of noma to severe malnutrition in the region.
- Early antibiotics greatly improve the chances of surviving noma.
- The charity funds surgery for children scarred by noma.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOMA
The 4 tiles of NOMA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NOMA
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with NOMA.
Words ending in NOMA
9 words end in NOMA. Useful as a back hook: play NOMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOMA inside
Showing 24 of 131 words that contain NOMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOMA
Common questions about NOMA
- Is NOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOMA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOMA worth?
- NOMA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOMA mean?
- A rapidly spreading gangrenous disease of the mouth and face, most often affecting severely malnourished children.
- What letters can be added to NOMA?
- NOMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOMA:
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