ADHAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. ADHAN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ADHAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADHAN is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADHAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adhansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADHAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADHAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ADHAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The Islamic call to prayer, traditionally chanted by a muezzin.
Adhan names the call that summons Muslims to each of the five daily prayers, traditionally delivered from a mosque's minaret and today often broadcast through loudspeakers or a recording. The word comes from Arabic and is also transliterated as azan, particularly in South Asian English. A muezzin, the person who performs the adhan, follows a fixed set of phrases rather than composing new words each time. English dictionaries record adhan as a loanword describing this specific religious practice rather than prayer in general.
How ADHAN is used
Used mainly in writing about Islamic practice; also spelled azan, especially in South Asian usage.
- The adhan rang out from the minaret at dawn.
- A muezzin performs the adhan five times a day.
- Visitors to the old city could hear the adhan carried on the wind.
- The article explained the adhan and its fixed set of phrases.
- In some countries the adhan is broadcast from a recording rather than sung live.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADHAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADHAN
1 longer words begin with ADHAN.
Words ending in ADHAN
1 words end in ADHAN. Useful as a back hook: play ADHAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ADHAN inside
4 words contain ADHAN in the middle. Words that start with ADHAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ADHAN
Common questions about ADHAN
- Is ADHAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADHAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADHAN worth?
- ADHAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADHAN mean?
- The Islamic call to prayer, traditionally chanted by a muezzin.
- What letters can be added to ADHAN?
- ADHAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADHAN:
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