What JAPAN Means
- noun: lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
- noun: lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
- verb: coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JAPAN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 P3 A1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In JAPAN
11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (3)
3 letter words (3)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing JAPAN
JAPAN appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.