PANDA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PANDA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANDA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANDA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANDA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANDA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PANDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does PANDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large, black-and-white bear native to the mountain forests of central China that feeds almost entirely on bamboo; also used, less commonly, for the smaller, reddish-brown red panda of the Himalayas.
The giant panda is instantly recognisable by its bold black-and-white coat and spends most of its waking hours eating bamboo, which makes up nearly its entire diet despite its digestive system being built more for meat. Conservationists treat the species as a flagship for wildlife protection, and it has become one of the most widely recognised animal symbols in the world, appearing on the logo of a major conservation organisation. A separate, more distantly related animal, the red panda, shares the name because early naturalists noticed similarities in diet and habitat, though the two species are not closely related. Wild giant pandas live only in a handful of mountain regions in China, and their numbers have slowly recovered thanks to decades of breeding and habitat protection programmes.
How PANDA is used
Common in everyday speech and nature writing, referring chiefly to the giant panda and, less often, to the unrelated red panda.
- The zoo welcomed a newborn panda cub this spring.
- A wild panda was spotted feeding on bamboo shoots.
- Conservationists celebrated the birth of twin panda cubs.
- The red panda curled up asleep high in the tree.
- Researchers tracked the movements of a wild panda through the reserve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANDA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANDA
16 longer words begin with PANDA.
Words with PANDA inside
3 words contain PANDA in the middle. Words that start with PANDA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PANDA
Common questions about PANDA
- Is PANDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANDA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANDA worth?
- PANDA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANDA mean?
- A large, black-and-white bear native to the mountain forests of central China that feeds almost entirely on bamboo; also used, less commonly, for the smaller, reddish-brown red panda of the Himalayas.
- What letters can be added to PANDA?
- PANDA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PANDA:
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