Is CAN a Scrabble word?
Yes. CAN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning To know how to.
Verb 4 meanings
To know how to.
“She can speak English, French, and German.”
To be able to.
“Can you remember your fifth birthday?”
May; to be permitted or enabled to.
“You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.”
To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
“Can it be Friday already?”
Interjection 2 meanings
OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
Used to convey reassurance.
Noun 4 meanings
A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
“I keep a can of fuel for emergencies.”
A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
A chimney pot.
Etymology
From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con.
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CAN at a glance
CAN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #39 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -CAN
More endings- REPUBLICAN16
- SCAN6
- VULCAN11
- PELICAN11
- PECAN9
- BARBICAN14
- WICCAN13
- PUBLICAN14
- TRASHCAN13
- TOUCAN8
- MESOAMERICAN18
- GLUCAN9
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