HAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. HAN 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HAN?
| 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 HAN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does HAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To have or possess; an archaic third-person plural form of the verb to have.
Han turns up in early English verse, notably in the work of Edmund Spenser, where it stands in for "have" when the subject is plural. It has no connection to the identically spelled name of the Han dynasty of China, which is a separate word entirely.
How HAN is used
Found only in reprints of archaic verse and prose, not in modern speech.
- The knights han little mercy for a coward, wrote the old poet.
- They han no gold left to spend, the verse laments.
- Few travellers han the courage to cross that moor.
- The poem says the stars han power over fate.
- Such men han no fear of the coming storm.
- The villagers han stored grain enough for winter.
- In the old rhyme, the birds han wings but no song.
- The knights han sworn an oath none dare break.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAN and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see HAN
- Han is the name of the Chinese dynasty that ruled from 206 BC, and of the ethnic group that makes up most of China today.
- Han survives mainly in reprinted editions of Spenser's Faerie Queene rather than in living speech.
- The same spelling separately names the Han dynasty of China, an unrelated proper noun.
Anagrams of HAN
The 3 tiles of HAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HAN
Showing 24 of 355 words that begin with HAN.
Words ending in HAN
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in HAN. Useful as a back hook: play HAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAN inside
Showing 24 of 1214 words that contain HAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAN
Common questions about HAN
- Is HAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HAN is not in it.
- How many points is HAN worth?
- HAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAN mean?
- To have or possess; an archaic third-person plural form of the verb to have.
- What letters can be added to HAN?
- HAN takes 7 hooks: 3 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HAN:
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