ZENANA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ZENANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZENANA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZENANA is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZENANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zenanasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZENANA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ZENANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What does ZENANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The part of a house in South Asia set aside for the women of the family.
In traditional households of India and Iran the zenana was a private zone where women lived apart from male visitors. The word also stands for the women who lived there, and it turns up in colonial-era books.
How ZENANA is used
The word zenana is used in historical, travel and social writing about South Asian homes.
- Male guests were never allowed into the zenana of the palace.
- Missionaries once ran schools that visited each zenana in turn.
- The zenana opened onto a quiet courtyard garden.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZENANA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZENANA
1 longer words begin with ZENANA.
Shorter words from the letters in ZENANA
Common questions about ZENANA
- Is ZENANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZENANA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZENANA worth?
- ZENANA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZENANA mean?
- The part of a house in South Asia set aside for the women of the family.
- What letters can be added to ZENANA?
- ZENANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ZENANA:
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