LORAN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LORAN 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 LORAN?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LORAN is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LORAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
loransChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LORAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LORAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does LORAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
A long-range radio navigation system that let ships and aircraft find their position by timing synchronized pulse signals from fixed shore stations.
Loran, short for long range navigation, compared the arrival times of matched radio pulses sent from pairs of transmitting stations, and a receiver could plot its position from the tiny time differences between them. Navies and merchant ships relied heavily on loran during and after the Second World War, long before satellite navigation existed. Satellite systems such as GPS eventually made loran largely obsolete, though some countries kept versions of it running as a backup.
How LORAN is used
A technical term from navigation and military history, now used mainly when discussing older systems that GPS has largely replaced.
- The old loran receiver aboard the ship still worked during the storm.
- Loran stations sent synchronized pulses that ships used to fix their position.
- Pilots relied on loran for navigation before satellite systems arrived.
- The museum displayed a decommissioned loran set from a coast guard cutter.
- Some countries kept a loran network running as a backup to GPS.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LORAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LORAN
1 longer words begin with LORAN.
Words with LORAN inside
4 words contain LORAN in the middle. Words that start with LORAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LORAN
Common questions about LORAN
- Is LORAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LORAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LORAN worth?
- LORAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LORAN mean?
- A long-range radio navigation system that let ships and aircraft find their position by timing synchronized pulse signals from fixed shore stations.
- What letters can be added to LORAN?
- LORAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LORAN:
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