PRANA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PRANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRANA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRANA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pranasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRANA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PRANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does PRANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
In Hindu and yogic thought, the vital life-force or energy believed to flow through the body, especially through the breath.
Prana comes from Sanskrit and sits at the centre of yoga and much of traditional Indian thought about the body, where breathing exercises are said to gather and direct this energy rather than merely exchange air. Practitioners describe prana as flowing through channels in the body, and disrupted or blocked prana is often blamed for poor health or low vitality in these traditions. The word entered English mainly through the spread of yoga and related philosophy in the West, where prana is often used loosely to mean vital energy in general, beyond its original Hindu context. Because prana is a concept drawn from a particular philosophical and religious tradition rather than a measurable physical quantity, English dictionaries define it as a belief rather than a scientific fact.
How PRANA is used
Met mainly in writing about yoga, meditation and Hindu philosophy; rare outside those contexts.
- The yoga teacher explained how slow breathing was meant to build prana.
- In this tradition, illness is sometimes linked to blocked prana in the body.
- He described meditation as a way of gathering and directing his prana.
- The old texts speak of prana flowing along channels throughout the body.
- She felt her prana return after a week of rest and quiet breathing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRANA
3 longer words begin with PRANA.
Words with PRANA inside
4 words contain PRANA in the middle. Words that start with PRANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PRANA
Common questions about PRANA
- Is PRANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRANA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRANA worth?
- PRANA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRANA mean?
- In Hindu and yogic thought, the vital life-force or energy believed to flow through the body, especially through the breath.
- What letters can be added to PRANA?
- PRANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PRANA:
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