SPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SPAN 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 SPAN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPAN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about SPAN
- The same 4 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 SPAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To extend across or cover a particular distance, area or period of time.
Span is used both literally, as when a bridge spans a river, and figuratively, as when a career or a story spans several decades, always describing something reaching from one point to another. The related noun span names the distance or period covered in this way.
How SPAN is used
Common in both everyday and formal writing.
- The new bridge will span the entire width of the river.
- Her career came to span more than forty years.
- The festival will span three full days this year.
- A single vine can span the whole length of the fence.
- The report is meant to span every department in the company.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPAN
The 4 tiles of SPAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPAN
Showing 24 of 80 words that begin with SPAN.
Words ending in SPAN
5 words end in SPAN. Useful as a back hook: play SPAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPAN inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain SPAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SPAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPAN
Common questions about SPAN
- Is SPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPAN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPAN worth?
- SPAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPAN mean?
- To extend across or cover a particular distance, area or period of time.
- What letters can be added to SPAN?
- SPAN takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SPAN:
Open SPAN in the Word Finder