TIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIAN?
| 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 TIAN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,345.
What stands out about TIAN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 TIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shallow oval earthenware dish used in the cooking of southern France, or a baked dish of sliced vegetables prepared in it.
A tian is named after the pot itself, a wide, shallow, glazed dish that lets vegetables such as courgette, tomato and aubergine be arranged in overlapping layers and baked slowly with olive oil until soft. Provencal cooks use the same word for the empty dish and for the finished meal that comes out of it.
How TIAN is used
Found in cookbooks and restaurant menus describing Provencal-style vegetable dishes.
- She sliced the courgettes thin for the tian.
- The tian went into a slow oven for an hour.
- He served the tian straight from its earthenware dish.
- A good tian needs plenty of olive oil and a slow bake.
- The recipe called for a wide tian rather than a deep pot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIAN
The 4 tiles of TIAN in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with TIAN
1 longer words begin with TIAN.
Words ending in TIAN
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in TIAN. Useful as a back hook: play TIAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIAN inside
Showing 24 of 74 words that contain TIAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TIAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIAN
Common questions about TIAN
- Is TIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIAN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIAN worth?
- TIAN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIAN mean?
- A shallow oval earthenware dish used in the cooking of southern France, or a baked dish of sliced vegetables prepared in it.
- What letters can be added to TIAN?
- TIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TIAN:
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