VAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. VAN 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 VAN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VAN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does VAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A covered vehicle for carrying goods.
Van is clipped from caravan, and that word came into English from Persian by way of French. A separate van means the front of an advancing force and is clipped from vanguard — two clippings of two unrelated words landing on the same three letters.
How VAN is used
Countable: a van, two vans.
- The van was full before half the boxes were in it.
- A van that size needs no special licence.
- They were in the van of the advance and took the worst of it.
- The word van is clipped from two different longer words.
- Two vans and a lorry moved the whole warehouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VAN
The 3 tiles of VAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VAN
Showing 24 of 113 words that begin with VAN.
Words ending in VAN
11 words end in VAN. Useful as a back hook: play VAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with VAN inside
Showing 24 of 347 words that contain VAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VAN
Common questions about VAN
- Is VAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VAN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VAN worth?
- VAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAN mean?
- A covered vehicle for carrying goods.
- What letters can be added to VAN?
- VAN takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VAN:
Open VAN in the Word Finder