EAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. EAN 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 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EAN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EAN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EAN
Back hooks — 1
eansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250.
What stands out about EAN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialect
To give birth, especially used of a ewe bearing a lamb.
Ean is an old farming word, a shortened relative of yean, used when a ewe drops her lamb in the lambing season. It belongs to older agricultural writing and rural dialect rather than to modern everyday speech.
How EAN is used
Archaic and dialect; found mainly in older farming texts and rural speech.
- The shepherd expected the ewe to ean before the frost came.
- In spring, several ewes would ean within the same week.
- The old farming manual describes when ewes typically ean.
- She recorded in her diary the day the favourite ewe did ean.
- Farmers watched closely for signs that the flock would soon ean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EAN
The 3 tiles of EAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with EAN
5 longer words begin with EAN.
Words ending in EAN
Showing 24 of 159 words that end in EAN. Useful as a back hook: play EAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with EAN inside
Showing 24 of 493 words that contain EAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EAN
Common questions about EAN
- Is EAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EAN is not in it.
- How many points is EAN worth?
- EAN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EAN mean?
- To give birth, especially used of a ewe bearing a lamb.
- What letters can be added to EAN?
- EAN takes 12 hooks: 11 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EAN:
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