REAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. REAN 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 REAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REAN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
reansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in REAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,009.
What stands out about REAN
- 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 REAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregionalBritish
A drainage channel or ditch, especially in low-lying English marshland.
A rean is a dug channel that carries water off wet, low ground, the kind of ditch found across the drained marshes and levels of southern and western England. Local dialect gives the same feature several other names, among them reen, rhine, and rhyne.
How REAN is used
Regional English dialect, used mainly of drainage in marsh and fen country.
- Cattle grazed the field between two wide reans.
- The path followed the rean all the way to the river.
- A heron stood motionless beside the rean.
- Heavy rain had filled every rean on the moor.
- Farmers keep the rean clear to stop the field flooding.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REAN
The 4 tiles of REAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with REAN
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with REAN.
Words ending in REAN
15 words end in REAN. Useful as a back hook: play REAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with REAN inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain REAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REAN
Common questions about REAN
- Is REAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and REAN is not in it.
- How many points is REAN worth?
- REAN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REAN mean?
- A drainage channel or ditch, especially in low-lying English marshland.
- What letters can be added to REAN?
- REAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of REAN:
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