CYAN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CYAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYAN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYAN is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CYAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CYAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A greenish-blue colour.
Cyan is one of the four inks used in colour printing and was named from the Greek for dark blue. Screens work from a different set of three, which is why print and screen never match exactly.
How CYAN is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- Cyan is one of four printing inks.
- The word cyan comes from the Greek for dark blue.
- A screen has no cyan channel of its own.
- Print and screen never match because of how cyan is made.
- Two cyan inks from different makers print differently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CYAN
The 4 tiles of CYAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CYAN
Showing 24 of 74 words that begin with CYAN.
Words ending in CYAN
2 words end in CYAN. Useful as a back hook: play CYAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with CYAN inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain CYAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CYAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CYAN
Common questions about CYAN
- Is CYAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYAN worth?
- CYAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYAN mean?
- A greenish-blue colour.
- What letters can be added to CYAN?
- CYAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CYAN:
Open CYAN in the Word Finder