PANADA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PANADA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANADA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANADA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANADA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
panadasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANADA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PANADA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 295,648.
What does PANADA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick paste made from bread boiled to a pulp, used as food for invalids or as a binder in cooking.
Cooks once relied on panada to give body to forcemeats, quenelles and sauces, because the soaked bread holds the mixture together. A plainer version, flavoured with a little sugar or salt, was served to people who were ill and could take only soft food. The word came into English from Spanish and Italian and is related to pan, bread.
How PANADA is used
Somewhat old-fashioned; met in historical cookery books.
- The nurse prepared a bowl of panada for the patient.
- A spoonful of panada keeps the fish mixture from falling apart.
- The old recipe starts with panada made from stale crusts.
- Panada is rarely cooked today outside classic French kitchens.
- She stirred the panada until it formed a smooth ball.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANADA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANADA
1 longer words begin with PANADA.
Shorter words from the letters in PANADA
Common questions about PANADA
- Is PANADA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANADA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANADA worth?
- PANADA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANADA mean?
- A thick paste made from bread boiled to a pulp, used as food for invalids or as a binder in cooking.
- What letters can be added to PANADA?
- PANADA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PANADA:
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