The word ans 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.)

  • ans n. Plural of an.
  • ans n. Abbreviation of answer.
  • Ans prop.n. A municipality in Liège province, Belgium.

9 valid words from 3 definitions

ABBREVIATION AN ANSWER IN LIE MUNICIPALITY OF PLURAL PROVINCE

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

BELGIUM GE

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

AN

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

NA

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

NAS SAN

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

AAS ABS ADS AGS AHS AIS ALS ANA AND ANE ANI ANN ANT ANY ARS ASS ATS AYS ENS INS ONS UNS

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

AN AS

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

AINS ANAS ANDS ANES ANIS ANNS ANTS ANUS AWNS

25 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ANSA ANSAE ANSATE ANSATZ ANSWER ANSATED ANSWERS ANSATZES ANSERINE ANSEROUS ANSWERED ANSWERER ANSAPHONE ANSERINES ANSWERERS ANSWERING ANSAPHONES ANSWERABLE ANSWERABLY ANSWERLESS ANSWERPHONE ANSWERPHONES ANSWERABILITY ANSWERABLENESS ANSWERABILITIES

1101 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

CANSO CANST HANSA HANSE MANSE PANSY SANSA TANSY CANSOS DANSAK FANSUB GANSEY HANSAS HANSEL HANSES HANSOM JANSKY KANSES MANSES RANSEL RANSOM SANSAR SANSAS SANSEI TRANSE BANSELA BANSHEE BANSHIE BRANSLE CANSFUL CHANSON CLEANSE DANSAKS DANSEUR DHANSAK EXPANSE FANSITE FANSUBS GANSEYS HANSELS HANSOMS JANSKYS KRANSES MANSARD MANSION PANSIED PANSIES RANSACK RANSELS RANSOMS + 1051 words

1129 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BANS CANS DANS EANS FANS GANS KANS MANS NANS PANS SANS TANS VANS WANS ALANS AZANS BEANS BRANS CLANS CRANS CYANS DEANS DUANS ELANS FLANS GEANS GLANS GRANS GUANS GYANS IKANS JEANS KHANS KOANS KRANS LEANS LOANS MEANS MOANS NAANS PAANS PEANS PIANS PLANS REANS ROANS SCANS SEANS SHANS SPANS + 1079 words

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

+A ANAS ANSA
+B BANS NABS SNAB
+C CANS SCAN
+D ANDS DANS NADS SAND
+E ANES EANS NAES SANE SEAN SENA
+F FANS
+G GANS NAGS SANG SNAG
+H SHAN
+I AINS ANIS ISNA SAIN
+K KANS SANK
+M MANS MNAS NAMS
+N ANNS NANS
+O NAOS
+P NAPS PANS SNAP SPAN
+R SNAR
+S SANS
+T ANTS NATS SANT TANS
+U ANUS
+V NAVS VANS
+W AWNS SAWN SNAW SWAN WANS
+Y NAYS NYAS

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

-N AS
-S AN NA

Scrabble scoring

  • 3 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 9.98 chance (10.02%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 21.4 chance (4.68%).

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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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