NYAS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. NYAS 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NYAS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NYAS is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NYAS
No single letter turns NYAS into another word.
How NYAS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NYAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does NYAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A young hawk, especially one taken from the nest for training in falconry.
Falconers historically preferred a nyas over an older bird because it could be taught from an early age. A nyas raised in captivity often bonds closely with its handler compared to birds captured later in life.
How NYAS is used
Used mainly within falconry terminology rather than general vocabulary.
- The falconer carefully fed the young nyas each morning.
- Training a nyas requires patience from the very first week.
- The old manual described how to handle a nyas properly.
- A nyas raised by hand often becomes remarkably tame.
- Few people today have ever seen a nyas up close.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NYAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NYAS
The 4 tiles of NYAS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NYAS
1 longer words begin with NYAS.
Words ending in NYAS
5 words end in NYAS. Useful as a back hook: play NYAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with NYAS inside
6 words contain NYAS in the middle. Words that start with NYAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NYAS
Common questions about NYAS
- Is NYAS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NYAS is not in it.
- How many points is NYAS worth?
- NYAS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NYAS mean?
- A young hawk, especially one taken from the nest for training in falconry.
- What letters can be added to NYAS?
- No single letter can be added to NYAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NYAS:
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