MAN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. MAN 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 MAN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about MAN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 MAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An adult male human being.
Man once meant a person of either sex, and the term for a male was wer, which survives only inside werewolf. When wer disappeared, man took its place, and English has been short of a neutral term ever since.
How MAN is used
Countable. Also a verb: to man a station.
- The word man once covered a person of either sex.
- A man at the door with a clipboard and no appointment.
- They manned the lifeboat station in shifts.
- The older term for a male was wer, not man.
- One man short and the whole shift rearranged.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAN
The 3 tiles of MAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MAN
Showing 24 of 650 words that begin with MAN.
Words ending in MAN
Showing 24 of 737 words that end in MAN. Useful as a back hook: play MAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAN inside
Showing 24 of 1379 words that contain MAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAN
Common questions about MAN
- Is MAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAN worth?
- MAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAN mean?
- An adult male human being.
- What letters can be added to MAN?
- MAN takes 8 hooks: 0 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MAN:
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