TREPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TREPAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TREPAN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TREPAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TREPAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TREPAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TREPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about TREPAN
- The same 6 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 TREPAN mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To cut a round hole in the skull with a surgical tool, or (in an older sense) to trap someone by trickery.
The operation was among the oldest known to surgery, performed to relieve pressure on the brain, and the cutting tool shares the name trepan. A second, older meaning of trepan is to lure someone into a snare, and that sense turns up in books from earlier centuries. Modern surgeons usually prefer the related term trephine.
How TREPAN is used
Mostly medical or historical; the trickery sense is archaic.
- The surgeon chose to trepan the skull to ease the pressure.
- Ancient healers would trepan a patient with a stone blade.
- The old tale says the sailors were lured on shore to trepan them into service.
- No one wished to trepan him against his will.
- Skilled hands were needed to trepan the bone safely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TREPAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TREPAN
The 6 tiles of TREPAN in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with TREPAN
10 longer words begin with TREPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in TREPAN
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Common questions about TREPAN
- Is TREPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TREPAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TREPAN worth?
- TREPAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TREPAN mean?
- To cut a round hole in the skull with a surgical tool, or (in an older sense) to trap someone by trickery.
- What letters can be added to TREPAN?
- TREPAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TREPAN:
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