SPEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPEAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPEAN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
speansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPEAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SPEAN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 7 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 SPEAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To wean a young animal, especially a lamb or calf, off the milk of its mother.
Spean is a chiefly Scottish farming term, used where English speakers elsewhere would say wean, and it appears often in accounts of lambing and calving season on hill farms. Shepherds spean lambs once they are old enough to graze on grass alone, separating them from the ewes to encourage independent feeding. Though close in meaning to wean, spean keeps its own regional identity and rarely turns up outside farming or dialect writing.
How SPEAN is used
Used mainly in Scottish and northern English farming contexts, particularly about lambs and calves.
- The farmer decided to spean the lambs a week earlier than usual.
- Once speaned, the calves were moved to a separate pasture.
- Shepherds spean their flocks gradually to avoid stressing the ewes.
- The vet advised waiting until the kids were stronger before they speaned them.
- Speaning too early can leave young lambs underweight going into winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPEAN
The 5 tiles of SPEAN in a different order — 7 found.
Words starting with SPEAN
3 longer words begin with SPEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SPEAN
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Common questions about SPEAN
- Is SPEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPEAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPEAN worth?
- SPEAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPEAN mean?
- To wean a young animal, especially a lamb or calf, off the milk of its mother.
- What letters can be added to SPEAN?
- SPEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPEAN:
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