GEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEAN is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
geansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What stands out about GEAN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 GEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectScotsbotany
A wild cherry tree, or its small, dark fruit, native to Europe and parts of Asia.
Gean is an old Scots and northern English name for the wild cherry, a tree that produces clusters of white blossom in spring and small, bitter fruit later used for jams and liqueurs. Modern botanists usually call the same tree by its Latin name, but gean survives in older gardening and country writing.
How GEAN is used
Regional and somewhat old-fashioned; wild cherry is the more widely understood term.
- The gean by the gate was covered in white blossom.
- Birds stripped the gean of its fruit within days.
- They planted a row of gean trees along the lane.
- Old recipes use gean fruit for a tart preserve.
- The wood of the gean is prized by furniture makers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEAN
The 4 tiles of GEAN in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with GEAN
4 longer words begin with GEAN.
Words ending in GEAN
5 words end in GEAN. Useful as a back hook: play GEAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with GEAN inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain GEAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GEAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GEAN
Common questions about GEAN
- Is GEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEAN worth?
- GEAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEAN mean?
- A wild cherry tree, or its small, dark fruit, native to Europe and parts of Asia.
- What letters can be added to GEAN?
- GEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GEAN:
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