DIWAN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DIWAN 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 DIWAN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIWAN is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIWAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
diwansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIWAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DIWAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does DIWAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryhistorical
A collection of poems by a single poet, gathered into one volume, in the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, or Ottoman Turkish literary tradition.
A diwan usually arranges a poet's work by form or by the final letter of the rhyme rather than by date of composition, a convention that shaped how classical Persian and Urdu poetry was compiled and read for centuries. The term also referred historically to a royal council or bureau of state in various Islamic empires, a sense from which the poetry-collection meaning likely developed by association with official registers. Families in some traditions still open a well-known diwan at random for guidance, treating the verse they land on as an omen.
How DIWAN is used
Literary term for a poet's collected works; also used historically for a council or government bureau.
- Scholars compared two manuscripts of the poet's diwan.
- Her thesis examined the structure of a classical Persian diwan.
- Families still open the poet's diwan at random for guidance.
- The library acquired a rare printed diwan from the nineteenth century.
- His diwan was compiled and published only after his death.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIWAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIWAN
1 longer words begin with DIWAN.
Shorter words from the letters in DIWAN
Common questions about DIWAN
- Is DIWAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIWAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIWAN worth?
- DIWAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIWAN mean?
- A collection of poems by a single poet, gathered into one volume, in the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, or Ottoman Turkish literary tradition.
- What letters can be added to DIWAN?
- DIWAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DIWAN:
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