NOUN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. NOUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOUN?
| 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 NOUN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOUN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOUN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,169.
What does NOUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun is the grammatical term for words such as dog, city, happiness, or Paris, which can act as the subject or object of a sentence. The noun is one of the basic parts of speech taught from early schooling onward.
How NOUN is used
Standard grammatical term used in teaching and describing language.
- The teacher asked the class to underline every noun.
- Dog and happiness are both a noun.
- A proper noun always starts with a capital letter.
- He struggled to find the right noun for the feeling.
- The sentence needs a noun after the verb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOUN
7 longer words begin with NOUN.
Words ending in NOUN
2 words end in NOUN. Useful as a back hook: play NOUN onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOUN inside
Showing 24 of 60 words that contain NOUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOUN
Common questions about NOUN
- Is NOUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOUN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOUN worth?
- NOUN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOUN mean?
- A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
- What letters can be added to NOUN?
- NOUN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOUN:
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