TANA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. TANA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TANA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tanasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does TANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishhistorical
A local police station in British India, staffed by officers responsible for a particular district.
A tana was the basic unit of local policing under colonial administration in India, roughly comparable to a precinct station, and the word is a Hindi loan that also appears in English texts spelled thana or tanna. It named the building, the district it covered and the officers posted there.
How TANA is used
Found mainly in historical or colonial-era writing about India; modern texts more often use thana.
- The complaint had to be filed at the local tana before any arrest could follow.
- Villagers walked half a day to reach the nearest tana.
- The report listed every tana in the district and its officer in charge.
- A new tana was built to cover the growing river town.
- Old maps still mark the site of the abandoned tana.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TANA
The 4 tiles of TANA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TANA
12 longer words begin with TANA.
Words ending in TANA
10 words end in TANA. Useful as a back hook: play TANA onto a word already on the board.
Words with TANA inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain TANA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TANA
Common questions about TANA
- Is TANA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TANA is not in it.
- How many points is TANA worth?
- TANA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANA mean?
- A local police station in British India, staffed by officers responsible for a particular district.
- What letters can be added to TANA?
- TANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TANA:
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