PAWN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PAWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAWN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAWN is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAWN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAWN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PAWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does PAWN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The least valuable piece in chess.
Pawn came from a Latin word for a foot soldier, and the piece has always stood for infantry. A different pawn, about leaving goods as security, is a separate borrowing altogether.
How PAWN is used
Countable: a pawn, two pawns.
- A pawn that reaches the far rank becomes something else.
- The word pawn comes from a Latin one for a foot soldier.
- Two pawns on one file is usually a weakness.
- They pawned the watch and never redeemed it.
- The pawnbroker sense of pawn is a separate word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAWN
22 longer words begin with PAWN.
Words ending in PAWN
5 words end in PAWN. Useful as a back hook: play PAWN onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAWN inside
15 words contain PAWN in the middle. Words that start with PAWN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAWN
Common questions about PAWN
- Is PAWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAWN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAWN worth?
- PAWN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAWN mean?
- The least valuable piece in chess.
- What letters can be added to PAWN?
- PAWN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PAWN:
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