WANION is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WANION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WANION?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WANION is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WANION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wanionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WANION scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WANION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does WANION mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A curse or misfortune, found almost only in the old phrase with a wanion, meaning with a vengeance.
The word is of uncertain origin and survives chiefly in that fixed phrase, which turns up in Elizabethan and Jacobean writing. A speaker who said that something came with a wanion meant that it arrived with violence, force or ill luck attached.
How WANION is used
Archaic; met in old plays and in dictionaries of obsolete words, not in modern speech.
- The old play has a character cry out that he will go with a wanion.
- Scholars still argue over what wanion originally meant.
- The phrase with a wanion is the only place the wanion survives.
- He quoted wanion as an example of a word that lives in one phrase.
- A glossary entry explains wanion as a curse or vengeance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WANION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WANION
1 longer words begin with WANION.
Shorter words from the letters in WANION
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Common questions about WANION
- Is WANION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WANION, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WANION worth?
- WANION is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WANION mean?
- A curse or misfortune, found almost only in the old phrase with a wanion, meaning with a vengeance.
- What letters can be added to WANION?
- WANION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WANION:
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