WAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. WAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAN?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about WAN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 WAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Pale and looking unwell.
Wan once meant dark rather than pale, which is a complete reversal and a rare one: the word turned round somewhere in the middle ages and nobody has explained why. It now describes light as often as faces — a wan smile, a wan afternoon.
How WAN is used
Before and after the noun. The comparative is wanner.
- She looked wan and said she was perfectly well.
- A wan light came through the fog by ten.
- He gave a wan smile and changed the subject.
- The word wan once meant dark and reversed itself.
- A wan sun in February is better than none.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WAN
The 3 tiles of WAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WAN
Showing 24 of 126 words that begin with WAN.
Words ending in WAN
18 words end in WAN. Useful as a back hook: play WAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAN inside
Showing 24 of 146 words that contain WAN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAN
Common questions about WAN
- Is WAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAN worth?
- WAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAN mean?
- Pale and looking unwell.
- What letters can be added to WAN?
- WAN takes 9 hooks: 2 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WAN:
Open WAN in the Word Finder