AWN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AWN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about AWN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AWN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The bristle on an ear of barley or other grass.
An awn is not decoration: it helps a seed work its way into the ground, and on some grasses it twists and untwists with the humidity until the seed is buried. Barley has long ones and most modern wheat has been bred to have none at all.
How AWN is used
Countable: an awn, two awns. Chiefly botanical.
- The awn works the seed into the soil by itself.
- Barley has a long awn and bread wheat usually has none.
- An awn in a sock is impossible to find and easy to feel.
- Two awns twist in opposite directions as they dry.
- The awn was bred out of wheat for the sake of handling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AWN
The 3 tiles of AWN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AWN
11 longer words begin with AWN.
Words ending in AWN
Showing 24 of 47 words that end in AWN. Useful as a back hook: play AWN onto a word already on the board.
Words with AWN inside
Showing 24 of 134 words that contain AWN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AWN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AWN
Common questions about AWN
- Is AWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWN worth?
- AWN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWN mean?
- The bristle on an ear of barley or other grass.
- What letters can be added to AWN?
- AWN takes 11 hooks: 9 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AWN:
Open AWN in the Word Finder