Hidden inside nana sit anna, naan, and nana, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 4 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 8 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
anna, naan, and nana tie for the highest Scrabble score from nana at 4 points. The top 8 of 8 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 3 four-letter words hiding in nana: two come from rearranging its letters, and nana itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are anna, naan, and nana, each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling nana turns up 2 three-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these three-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ana and nan, each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in nana. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an. For points, the strongest plays are aa, an, and na — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in nana and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
nana is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
nana is one of three four-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing nana unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are anna, naan, and nana, worth 4 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from nana earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in nana produce 8 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 four-letter words, 2 three-letter words and 3 two-letter words.