CANCAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANCAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANCAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANCAN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANCAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cancansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANCAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CANCAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,208 thousand.
What does CANCAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively stage dance in which women kick their legs high while swinging long skirts and petticoats.
The cancan grew up in the dance halls of Paris in the 1830s and was thought scandalous at first. It became a signature number at cabarets such as the Moulin Rouge, danced by a line of women to quick music, and Offenbach's galop from Orpheus in the Underworld is its best-known tune. Painters like Toulouse-Lautrec made the dancers famous too.
How CANCAN is used
Also written can-can, with a hyphen.
- The chorus line launched into a cancan at the end of the show.
- Her skirts flew up as she kicked through the cancan.
- Tourists in Montmartre queue to watch the cancan every evening.
- The band struck up the cancan and the crowd began to clap.
- He painted the cancan dancers under bright stage lamps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANCAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANCAN
1 longer words begin with CANCAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CANCAN
Common questions about CANCAN
- Is CANCAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANCAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANCAN worth?
- CANCAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANCAN mean?
- A lively stage dance in which women kick their legs high while swinging long skirts and petticoats.
- What letters can be added to CANCAN?
- CANCAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CANCAN:
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