What SCANS Means
SCANS is a form of SCAN, which 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
SCANS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 A1 N1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In SCANS
12 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 (4)
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing SCANS
SCANS 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.