CANN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. CANN 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CANN?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CANN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does CANN mean in Scrabble?
verb
nauticalarchaic
To direct the steering of a ship, especially by calling instructions to a helmsman.
Cann describes the act of guiding a helmsman by calling out directions, a task usually carried out by an officer who can see hazards the steersman cannot. The word is closely related to the more familiar conn, which still names this role on modern ships.
How CANN is used
Found in older nautical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The pilot began to cann the ship carefully through the narrow channel.
- An experienced officer was chosen to cann the vessel past the reef.
- The captain ordered the mate to cann the tug into the harbour.
- He learned to cann a ship long before he was trusted with the wheel itself.
- The old logbook records who was assigned to cann the ship that night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANN
Showing 24 of 92 words that begin with CANN.
Words with CANN inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain CANN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CANN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CANN
Common questions about CANN
- Is CANN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CANN is not in it.
- How many points is CANN worth?
- CANN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANN mean?
- To direct the steering of a ship, especially by calling instructions to a helmsman.
- What letters can be added to CANN?
- CANN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CANN:
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