DUAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. DUAN 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DUAN?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUAN is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
duansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does DUAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
A division of a long poem corresponding to a canto, or a poem or song in its own right.
The word duan comes from Gaelic and was used by poets such as James Macpherson to mark off the sections of a long narrative poem. A reader could speak of the first duan and the second duan, the way an English reader would speak of cantos.
How DUAN is used
Rare; met mainly in literary and historical discussion of Gaelic-influenced poetry.
- The poet opened the first duan with a description of the sea.
- Scholars argue over how many duans the original poem contained.
- Each duan of the epic tells a separate part of the hero's journey.
- The translator kept the traditional division into duans.
- The second duan introduces the villain of the tale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUAN
1 longer words begin with DUAN.
Words ending in DUAN
1 words end in DUAN. Useful as a back hook: play DUAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUAN inside
2 words contain DUAN in the middle. Words that start with DUAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUAN
Common questions about DUAN
- Is DUAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DUAN is not in it.
- How many points is DUAN worth?
- DUAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUAN mean?
- A division of a long poem corresponding to a canto, or a poem or song in its own right.
- What letters can be added to DUAN?
- DUAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUAN:
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