FURAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FURAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FURAN?
| 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 FURAN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FURAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FURAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FURAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does FURAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, flammable organic compound with a five-membered ring containing one oxygen atom, used as a starting material in industrial chemistry.
Furan belongs to a family of heterocyclic compounds, meaning its ring is built from carbon atoms plus one atom of oxygen instead of carbon alone. Industry values furan as a building block for solvents, resins, and pharmaceutical intermediates, and related compounds of this kind form naturally when sugars are heated, which is part of why toasted bread and roasted coffee develop certain aromas. Pure furan is volatile and toxic, so it is normally handled in small amounts under controlled laboratory conditions.
How FURAN is used
A specialist term from organic chemistry, rarely met outside laboratory or industrial writing.
- The chemist synthesized furan from an agricultural by-product.
- Furan rings appear in several natural flavour compounds.
- Heating certain sugars can generate small amounts of furan.
- The lab stored furan in a sealed, ventilated cabinet.
- Industrial solvents are often derived from furan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FURAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FURAN
7 longer words begin with FURAN.
Words ending in FURAN
7 words end in FURAN. Useful as a back hook: play FURAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with FURAN inside
6 words contain FURAN in the middle. Words that start with FURAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FURAN
Common questions about FURAN
- Is FURAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FURAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FURAN worth?
- FURAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FURAN mean?
- A colourless, flammable organic compound with a five-membered ring containing one oxygen atom, used as a starting material in industrial chemistry.
- What letters can be added to FURAN?
- FURAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FURAN:
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