PAN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PAN 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 PAN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does PAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A metal container used for cooking.
Pan as a verb does three unrelated jobs: washing gravel for gold, moving a camera sideways, and reviewing something harshly. The camera sense is short for panorama and has nothing whatever to do with the cooking vessel.
How PAN is used
Countable. Also a verb in several unrelated senses.
- The pan burned dry while the phone was answered.
- They panned the film in every paper on the same morning.
- He panned for gold and found enough to keep going.
- The camera pans left and the whole shot changes.
- A pan of that size will not fit the oven.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAN
The 3 tiles of PAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PAN
Showing 24 of 572 words that begin with PAN.
Words ending in PAN
Showing 24 of 49 words that end in PAN. Useful as a back hook: play PAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAN inside
Showing 24 of 524 words that contain PAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAN
Common questions about PAN
- Is PAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAN worth?
- PAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAN mean?
- A metal container used for cooking.
- What letters can be added to PAN?
- PAN takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PAN:
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