ZONA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ZONA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZONA?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZONA is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZONA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ZONA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZONA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does ZONA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A band or belt of tissue in anatomy.
Zona survives in a handful of Latin phrases that biology never translated: the layer round an egg cell is one, and shingles takes its clinical name from another. English uses the Latin form only inside those.
How ZONA is used
Countable; the plural is zonae. Chiefly in Latin phrases.
- The zona round an egg cell has a Latin name in every language.
- The word zona appears in English only in Latin phrases.
- Shingles takes its clinical name from a zona.
- Two zonae in the same structure with different jobs.
- A zona is a band and the Latin form marks the technical use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZONA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZONA
The 4 tiles of ZONA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ZONA
8 longer words begin with ZONA.
Words ending in ZONA
1 words end in ZONA. Useful as a back hook: play ZONA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZONA inside
17 words contain ZONA in the middle. Words that start with ZONA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZONA
Common questions about ZONA
- Is ZONA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZONA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZONA worth?
- ZONA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZONA mean?
- A band or belt of tissue in anatomy.
- What letters can be added to ZONA?
- ZONA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZONA:
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