PEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEAN?
| 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 PEAN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about PEAN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 PEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
heraldry
In heraldry, a fur pattern consisting of gold spots on a black background, used as a variant of ermine.
A pean appears on a shield or crest wherever the artist wants the black-and-gold reversal of ordinary ermine. So a pean tincture reads as darker and richer than the usual white-and-black fur pattern.
How PEAN is used
Technical term restricted to heraldic blazon.
- The crest was lined with pean rather than plain ermine.
- Heralds described the field as pean, gold spots on black.
- A shield of pean stood out among the paler arms.
- The old manuscript blazoned the fur as pean.
- Pean is rarer in blazon than ermine itself.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEAN
The 4 tiles of PEAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PEAN
8 longer words begin with PEAN.
Words ending in PEAN
7 words end in PEAN. Useful as a back hook: play PEAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with PEAN inside
5 words contain PEAN in the middle. Words that start with PEAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PEAN
Common questions about PEAN
- Is PEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEAN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEAN worth?
- PEAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEAN mean?
- In heraldry, a fur pattern consisting of gold spots on a black background, used as a variant of ermine.
- What letters can be added to PEAN?
- PEAN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PEAN:
Open PEAN in the Word Finder