VENA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VENA 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 VENA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How VENA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VENA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about VENA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VENA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The Latin word for vein, retained in English within anatomical names such as vena cava.
Physicians write vena directly in Latin when naming major vessels, avoiding translation to keep terminology consistent across languages. The largest such vena carries blood from the lower body into the right atrium of the heart.
How VENA is used
Appears almost exclusively as part of a longer Latin anatomical phrase.
- The vena cava returns blood to the heart.
- Doctors located the vena during the scan.
- Textbooks list several vena names in Latin.
- The inferior vena carries blood from the legs.
- Anatomy students memorized each vena in the chart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VENA
The 4 tiles of VENA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with VENA
14 longer words begin with VENA.
Words ending in VENA
1 words end in VENA. Useful as a back hook: play VENA onto a word already on the board.
Words with VENA inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain VENA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VENA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VENA
Common questions about VENA
- Is VENA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENA worth?
- VENA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENA mean?
- The Latin word for vein, retained in English within anatomical names such as vena cava.
- What letters can be added to VENA?
- VENA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VENA:
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