What SCAN Means
- verb: examine minutely or intensely“the surgeon scanned the X-ray”
- verb: examine hastily“She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”
- noun: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region“he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars”
- noun: an image produced by scanning“he analyzed the brain scan”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SCAN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 A1 N1.
Anagrams of SCAN (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SCAN
8 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.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing SCAN
SCAN appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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