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Is nab a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nab is a Scrabble US word. The word nab is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

N1A1B3

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Yes. The word nab is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

N1A1B3

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3-letter words (2 found)

BAN,NAB,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,AN,BA,NA,

You can make 6 words from nab according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of nab

nab anb nba bna abn ban

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Definitions and meaning of nab

nab

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /næb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”).

Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).

Alternative forms

  • knab

Verb

nab (third-person singular simple present nabs, present participle nabbing, simple past and past participle nabbed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
    • 1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2:
      As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.
  2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
Synonyms
  • (arrest a criminal or fugitive): nick, bust, cop
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Translations

Etymology 2

Compare knap, knop, knob.

Noun

nab (plural nabs)

  1. The summit of a hill.
  2. The cock of a gunlock.
  3. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ABN, BAN, BNA, Ban, NBA, ban

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

nab

  1. pure

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan návoi, O'odham nav, Central Tarahumara napó, Mayo naabo, Hopi naavu.

Noun

nab

  1. prickly pear cactus (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

  • nab junmaꞌn

References

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 132

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnaŋ (“snake”). Cognate with Iu Mien naang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na˥/

Noun

nab (classifier: tus)

  1. snake
  2. worm

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 135.

Source: wiktionary.org