Is NO a Scrabble word?
Yes. NO is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Not any.
Determiner 4 meanings
Not any.
“There is no water left.”
Hardly any.
“We'll be finished in no time at all.”
Not any possibility or allowance of (something).
“No smoking. No parking.”
Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
“My mother's no fool.”
Adverb 3 meanings
Not, not at all.
“It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.”
Not.
“I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.”
Not, does not, do not, etc.
“Ug no like veggie.”
Preposition 2 meanings
Without.
“Look Ma, no hands!”
Like.
Noun 2 meanings
A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
“The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.”
Verb 2 meanings
To say “no”.
To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + a.
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NO at a glance
NO has 2 letters and scores 2 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #51 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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