SAMPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SAMPAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMPAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMPAN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMPAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sampansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMPAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SAMPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does SAMPAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small flat-bottomed boat of East Asia, moved by one or two oars or a pole, often used on rivers and in harbours.
Sampans carry passengers, goods and fishing gear in China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and some have a woven cover that makes the boat a floating home. The word comes from Chinese and means roughly three planks, which describes the simple build of early boats. Because the hull is shallow, a sampan can pass where larger vessels would run aground. Many travellers know the word from pictures of crowded harbours.
How SAMPAN is used
Plural sampans; often found in travel writing and in older novels set in Asia.
- The ferryman steered his sampan between the anchored junks.
- A whole family lived aboard the sampan moored by the pier.
- We hired a sampan to cross the river at dawn.
- The sampan was loaded so deep with rice that water lapped the edge.
- Lanterns glowed on every sampan in the bay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMPAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAMPAN
1 longer words begin with SAMPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMPAN
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Common questions about SAMPAN
- Is SAMPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMPAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMPAN worth?
- SAMPAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMPAN mean?
- A small flat-bottomed boat of East Asia, moved by one or two oars or a pole, often used on rivers and in harbours.
- What letters can be added to SAMPAN?
- SAMPAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SAMPAN:
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