SAN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about SAN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 SAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A sanatorium, especially the sick bay of a British boarding school.
San is the clipped form pupils and staff actually say instead of the longer word, and it names the room or building where a sick or injured pupil is sent, not the institution in the wider medical sense. Three unrelated things share the same three letters: an indigenous people of southern Africa known by the same name, a family of languages spoken by them, and, in computing, a storage area network — none of the three has a history in common with the others.
How SAN is used
Countable: the san, a trip to the san. Chiefly British school slang.
- She spent the afternoon in the san with a temperature.
- The word san is short for sanatorium.
- A visit to the san got him out of the match.
- Two boys were sent to the san with the same complaint.
- The san had four beds and smelled of antiseptic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAN
The 3 tiles of SAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SAN
Showing 24 of 410 words that begin with SAN.
Words ending in SAN
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in SAN. Useful as a back hook: play SAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAN inside
Showing 24 of 422 words that contain SAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAN
Common questions about SAN
- Is SAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAN, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAN worth?
- SAN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAN mean?
- A sanatorium, especially the sick bay of a British boarding school.
- What letters can be added to SAN?
- SAN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAN:
Open SAN in the Word Finder