PLATANNA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PLATANNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLATANNA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLATANNA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLATANNA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
platannasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLATANNA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PLATANNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLATANNA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLATANNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africanzoology
A smooth, flat-bodied African frog with claws on its hind toes.
The platanna spends nearly all its time in water and has no tongue, so it feeds by pushing food into its mouth with its hands. It has long been used in laboratories, which made it well known to scientists.
How PLATANNA is used
An Afrikaans-derived word used in South African English for the African clawed frog.
- A platanna floated motionless in the pond.
- The lab kept a tank of platanna for research.
- You can tell a platanna by the claws on its back feet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLATANNA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLATANNA
1 longer words begin with PLATANNA.
Shorter words from the letters in PLATANNA
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Common questions about PLATANNA
- Is PLATANNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLATANNA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLATANNA worth?
- PLATANNA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLATANNA mean?
- A smooth, flat-bodied African frog with claws on its hind toes.
- What letters can be added to PLATANNA?
- PLATANNA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PLATANNA:
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