SARAN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SARAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARAN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARAN is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saransChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SARAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SARAN
- The same 5 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 SARAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Any of a family of thin, flexible plastic resins or films made from vinylidene chloride, once sold under trademark and now used generically for clear plastic food wrap.
Chemists developed saran as a polymer resin prized for blocking moisture and odor far better than many other plastics, which made it useful for packaging film, upholstery fibers and even garden hose. The name began as a trademark for products made from the resin, but like nylon and aspirin before it, saran passed into everyday language as the common name for this type of clingy plastic wrap. Most kitchens today use the word loosely for any clear plastic food wrap, whether or not it is made from the original saran resin.
How SARAN is used
Common in everyday kitchen talk for plastic food wrap, and used more precisely in chemistry and packaging industry writing.
- She covered the bowl tightly with saran before refrigerating it.
- The sandwich was wrapped neatly in saran for the lunchbox.
- Engineers valued saran film for its strong resistance to moisture.
- The upholstery fibers were woven from a type of saran.
- A layer of saran kept the leftovers fresh overnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SARAN
The 5 tiles of SARAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SARAN
3 longer words begin with SARAN.
Words with SARAN inside
2 words contain SARAN in the middle. Words that start with SARAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SARAN
Common questions about SARAN
- Is SARAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARAN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARAN worth?
- SARAN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARAN mean?
- Any of a family of thin, flexible plastic resins or films made from vinylidene chloride, once sold under trademark and now used generically for clear plastic food wrap.
- What letters can be added to SARAN?
- SARAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SARAN:
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