SEAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SEAN 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 SEAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEAN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about SEAN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 SEAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialect
To catch fish using a large net; an old variant spelling of seine.
To sean a stretch of water means to draw a long net through it to trap fish, a method still used today under the more familiar spelling seine. The word has no connection to the common personal name spelled the same way.
How SEAN is used
Older dialect spelling; modern usage almost always writes seine.
- The crew would sean the bay each morning for herring.
- Villagers used to sean the river during the salmon run.
- They planned to sean the cove before the tide turned.
- The old fishermen taught the boys how to sean properly.
- A good catch came from the first sean of the season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEAN
The 4 tiles of SEAN in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SEAN
8 longer words begin with SEAN.
Words ending in SEAN
3 words end in SEAN. Useful as a back hook: play SEAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEAN inside
8 words contain SEAN in the middle. Words that start with SEAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEAN
Common questions about SEAN
- Is SEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SEAN is not in it.
- How many points is SEAN worth?
- SEAN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEAN mean?
- To catch fish using a large net; an old variant spelling of seine.
- What letters can be added to SEAN?
- SEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SEAN:
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