SHAWN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SHAWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAWN?
| 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 SHAWN is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAWN
No single letter turns SHAWN into another word.
How SHAWN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHAWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does SHAWN mean in Scrabble?
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Scotsarchaic
The Scots dialect past participle of shaw, meaning to show; equivalent to shown.
In Scots, the verb shaw corresponds closely to the standard English verb show, and shawn is the form used after have or be in the same way that shown is used in standard English. The word follows a familiar pattern of strong verbs ending in -aw or -ow, such as blow becoming blown and know becoming known, so shaw becoming shawn fits naturally alongside them. It appears mainly in Scots literature, ballads and dialect writing rather than in standard written English. A reader unfamiliar with Scots might mistake shawn for the personal name Shawn, but the two are entirely unrelated in origin and meaning.
How SHAWN is used
A Scots dialect verb form, met mainly in older or dialect writing rather than in standard modern English.
- He had shawn the letter to no one before that night.
- The old ballad says the way was shawn by a single lantern.
- She was shawn the door and told never to return.
- In the poem, the path is shawn plainly by the moonlight.
- Little kindness had been shawn to the travellers on their journey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAWN
Common questions about SHAWN
- Is SHAWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAWN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAWN worth?
- SHAWN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAWN mean?
- The Scots dialect past participle of shaw, meaning to show; equivalent to shown.
- What letters can be added to SHAWN?
- No single letter can be added to SHAWN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHAWN:
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