FAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does FAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device or object that moves air to cool people.
Two senses share this spelling and they are unrelated: a fan of a performer is clipped from fanatic, and the coincidence with the cooling device is complete accident. English has kept them apart for a century without anybody being confused for a moment.
How FAN is used
Countable: a fan, two fans. Also a verb.
- The fan ran all night and made no difference.
- A fan of that band since before the first record.
- She fanned herself with the programme.
- The ceiling fan turns slowly and moves nothing.
- A fan is short for fanatic in one sense and not the other.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAN
Showing 24 of 214 words that begin with FAN.
Words ending in FAN
7 words end in FAN. Useful as a back hook: play FAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with FAN inside
Showing 24 of 102 words that contain FAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAN
Common questions about FAN
- Is FAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAN worth?
- FAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAN mean?
- A device or object that moves air to cool people.
- What letters can be added to FAN?
- FAN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAN:
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