HONAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HONAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HONAN?
| 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 HONAN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HONAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
honansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HONAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HONAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does HONAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A soft, plain-woven silk fabric, traditionally made from wild silk in the Henan region of China and used for clothing and furnishings.
Textile merchants named honan after the Chinese region once romanised as Honan, now usually spelled Henan, in the same way that fabrics such as shantung took their names from the province where weavers first produced them. The fabric has an even, slightly irregular texture typical of wild or semi-wild silk, giving it a matte look rather than the high sheen of fully cultivated mulberry silk. Dressmakers valued honan for its light weight and gentle drape, qualities that made it popular for blouses, linings, and summer garments through much of the twentieth century. Although the name points to its regional origin, the word functions today simply as the name of a fabric type rather than a reference to any particular place.
How HONAN is used
A specialist term from the textile trade, naming a type of silk fabric rather than describing anything else.
- The dressmaker chose honan for its light summer weight.
- Bolts of honan lined the shelves of the fabric shop.
- Her blouse was cut from pale blue honan.
- Honan takes dye less evenly than fully cultivated silk.
- The tailor recommended honan for a cooler, breathable lining.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HONAN
1 longer words begin with HONAN.
Shorter words from the letters in HONAN
Common questions about HONAN
- Is HONAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HONAN worth?
- HONAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HONAN mean?
- A soft, plain-woven silk fabric, traditionally made from wild silk in the Henan region of China and used for clothing and furnishings.
- What letters can be added to HONAN?
- HONAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HONAN:
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