SCAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SCAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCAN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCAN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SCAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does SCAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To look over something quickly and carefully, searching for particular information.
Scan describes moving the eyes rapidly across a page, a crowd, or a screen rather than reading or examining every detail, so a person can scan a newspaper for one headline without reading the rest. The word is also used for machines that pass a beam or sensor over something, as when a device scans a barcode.
How SCAN is used
Common in everyday and technical use, including computing and medicine.
- She likes to scan the room for an empty seat.
- He will scan the list twice before he trusts it.
- The machine can scan each page into the computer.
- Doctors scan the patient to check for injury.
- I scan the horizon out of habit every morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCAN
The 4 tiles of SCAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCAN
Showing 24 of 69 words that begin with SCAN.
Words ending in SCAN
4 words end in SCAN. Useful as a back hook: play SCAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCAN inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain SCAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SCAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCAN
Common questions about SCAN
- Is SCAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCAN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCAN worth?
- SCAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCAN mean?
- To look over something quickly and carefully, searching for particular information.
- What letters can be added to SCAN?
- SCAN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SCAN:
Open SCAN in the Word Finder