RAUN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. RAUN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RAUN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAUN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAUN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
raunsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAUN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RAUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does RAUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
Fish roe or spawn, in Scots dialect.
Raun is a Scots word for the mass of eggs carried by a female fish, the same substance that standard English calls roe. It survives in fishing communities and older Scots writing rather than in everyday modern English.
How RAUN is used
Dialect; found in Scots speech and older texts, not in standard modern usage.
- The fishwife scraped the raun from the herring before selling it.
- A good haddock is full of raun in spring.
- They fried the raun with oatmeal for breakfast.
- The old recipe calls for salted raun.
- He judged the fish ripe for spawning by the swollen raun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAUN
15 longer words begin with RAUN.
Words with RAUN inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain RAUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAUN
Common questions about RAUN
- Is RAUN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RAUN is not in it.
- How many points is RAUN worth?
- RAUN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAUN mean?
- Fish roe or spawn, in Scots dialect.
- What letters can be added to RAUN?
- RAUN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RAUN:
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