The word kans is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • kans n. Plural of kan.
  • Kans. prop.n. Abbreviation of Kansas.
  • (In Dutch) kans n. Mogelijkheid dat er iets gaat gebeuren.

4 valid words from 3 definitions

ABBREVIATION ER OF PLURAL

7 invalid words from 3 definitions

DAT GAAT GEBEUREN IETS KAN KANSAS MOGELIJKHEID

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AN ANS KA

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

NA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

SANK

29 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BANS CANS DANS EANS FANS GANS KAAS KABS KAES KAFS KAIS KAKS KANA KANE KANG KANT KATS KAWS KAYS KENS KINS KONS MANS NANS PANS SANS TANS VANS WANS

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ANS KAS

10 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

KAINS KANAS KANES KANGS KANTS KAONS KARNS KHANS KOANS KRANS

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

KANSES

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SHINKANSEN SHINKANSENS

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

IKANS PEKANS ACHKANS BARKANS RECKANS RYOKANS OOLAKANS OULAKANS MOLLUSKANS

44 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A KANAS
+B BANKS NABKS
+C SNACK
+D DANKS
+E KANES SKEAN SNAKE SNEAK
+F FANKS
+G KANGS KNAGS
+H ANKHS HANKS KHANS SHANK
+I IKANS KAINS KINAS KISAN NAIKS
+K SKANK
+L LANKS SLANK
+O KAONS KOANS SANKO
+P KNAPS SPANK
+R KARNS KNARS KRANS NARKS RANKS SKRAN SNARK
+T KANTS STANK TANKS
+U ANKUS
+W SWANK WANKS
+Y SNAKY YANKS

6 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-K ANS NAS SAN
-N ASK KAS SKA

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 111 chance (0.90%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 519 chance (0.19%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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