Is NAP a Scrabble word?
Yes. NAP is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
Verb 4 meanings
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
To be off one's guard.
“The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.”
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
Noun 4 meanings
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
“If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.”
A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
Etymology
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
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NAP at a glance
NAP has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (N 1 + A 1 + P 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,224 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -NAP
More endings- SNAP6
- KIDNAP13
- CATNAP10
- KNAP10
- GINGERSNAP14
- UNSNAP8
- DOGNAP10
- HANAP10
- PETNAP10
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