CAN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. CAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does CAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To be able to do something.
Can once meant to know how, and that older sense survives in the word cunning and in the noun ken. It now covers ability and permission alike, and the distinction schoolchildren were taught between it and may is a nineteenth-century invention.
How CAN is used
Modal verb; no infinitive and no third-person s.
- She can read music and refuses to admit it.
- The word can once meant to know how.
- A can of paint and a brush that has gone hard.
- They canned the peaches in August.
- Nobody can explain the rule about can and may.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAN
Showing 24 of 642 words that begin with CAN.
Words ending in CAN
Showing 24 of 44 words that end in CAN. Useful as a back hook: play CAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAN inside
Showing 24 of 606 words that contain CAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAN
Common questions about CAN
- Is CAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAN worth?
- CAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAN mean?
- To be able to do something.
- What letters can be added to CAN?
- CAN takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAN:
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