PURANA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PURANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PURANA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PURANA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PURANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
puranasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PURANA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PURANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does PURANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any of a group of ancient Sanskrit texts that tell stories about Hindu gods, the creation of the world, and the genealogies of legendary kings.
Eighteen major works are usually counted as a purana in the traditional list, each mixing myth, cosmology, genealogy, and moral instruction rather than following one single form. A purana is generally considered a later and more popular genre than the Vedas, meant to carry religious teaching to a wide audience through story rather than ritual formula. Scholars date the surviving texts across many centuries, so a single purana can contain material added long after its oldest core was composed.
How PURANA is used
Used mainly in discussion of Hindu scripture and Indian literature; often capitalized as a title when a specific purana is named.
- The scholar was translating a purana that described the churning of the cosmic ocean.
- Each purana mixes myth, genealogy, and moral instruction.
- Children in the village learned the stories from a purana read aloud each evening.
- The oldest purana is thought to date back many centuries.
- A purana often opens with a dialogue between a sage and his students.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PURANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PURANA
1 longer words begin with PURANA.
Shorter words from the letters in PURANA
Common questions about PURANA
- Is PURANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PURANA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PURANA worth?
- PURANA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PURANA mean?
- Any of a group of ancient Sanskrit texts that tell stories about Hindu gods, the creation of the world, and the genealogies of legendary kings.
- What letters can be added to PURANA?
- PURANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PURANA:
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