Is WAN a Scrabble word?
Yes. WAN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Pale, sickly-looking.
Adjective 3 meanings
Pale, sickly-looking.
Dim, faint.
Bland, uninterested.
“A wan expression”
Noun 2 meanings
The quality of being wan; wanness.
A girl or woman.
Etymology
From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English wann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).
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WAN at a glance
WAN has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,540 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -WAN
More endings- SWAN7
- ROWAN8
- COWAN10
- HWAN10
- DEWAN9
- DIWAN9
- GOWAN9
- BHAWAN14
- JAWAN15
- LOWAN8
- DEEWAN10
- SEWAN8
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