NONA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. NONA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nonasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NONA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,631.
What stands out about NONA
- 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 NONA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmedical
A form of sleeping sickness that spread as an epidemic in Europe around 1890.
Nona was the name given to an epidemic brain disease, related to what is now called encephalitis lethargica, that struck parts of Europe including Vienna and Italy near the end of the nineteenth century. The illness left many survivors with lasting drowsiness.
How NONA is used
Historical medical term; found in older accounts of the disease rather than in current medicine.
- Doctors of the 1890s recorded outbreaks of nona in several cities.
- Survivors of nona often remained drowsy for years afterward.
- The old medical journal described the symptoms of nona in detail.
- Historians of medicine still study the strange epidemic of nona.
- Nona was one of several sleeping sicknesses noted that century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NONA
The 4 tiles of NONA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NONA
Showing 24 of 159 words that begin with NONA.
Words ending in NONA
1 words end in NONA. Useful as a back hook: play NONA onto a word already on the board.
Words with NONA inside
6 words contain NONA in the middle. Words that start with NONA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NONA
Common questions about NONA
- Is NONA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONA worth?
- NONA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONA mean?
- A form of sleeping sickness that spread as an epidemic in Europe around 1890.
- What letters can be added to NONA?
- NONA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NONA:
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