The word can is a valid scrabble word

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

  • can v. (Auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
  • can v. (Modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
  • can v. (Modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

ABLE AUXILIARY BE DEFECTIVE ENABLED HAVE HOW INFORMAL KNOW MAY MODAL OR PERMITTED POSSIBLE POTENTIAL THE TO VERB

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

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

BAN CAA CAB CAD CAF CAG CAL CAM CAP CAR CAT CAW CAY CAZ CON DAN EAN FAN GAN HAN MAN NAN PAN RAN SAN TAN VAN WAN

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

AN

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

CAIN CANN CARN CLAN CRAN CYAN

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

CANE CANG CANN CANS CANT CANY CANAL CANDY CANED CANEH CANER CANES CANGS CANID CANNA CANNS CANNY CANOE CANON CANSO CANST CANTO CANTS CANTY CANADA CANALS CANAPE CANARD CANARY CANCAN CANCEL CANCER CANCHA CANDID CANDIE CANDLE CANDOR CANEHS CANERS CANFUL CANGLE CANGUE CANIDS CANIER CANINE CANING CANKER CANKLE CANNAE CANNAS + 591 words

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

SCAND SCANS SCANT ACANTH ARCANA ARCANE DECANE DECANI DECANS DECANT INCANT JACANA PECANS PUCANS RECANE RECANT SCANTS SCANTY SECANT TACANS VACANT ACANTHA ACANTHI ACANTHS AGACANT ALICANT ARCANAS ARCANUM ASHCANS CANCANS CHICANA CHICANE CHICANO DECANAL DECANES DECANTS DESCANT DISCANT EMICANT GLUCANS GLYCANS INCANTS JACANAS OILCANS PECCANT PICANTE RECANED RECANES RECANTS SCANDAL + 546 words

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

SCAN DECAN PECAN PUCAN TACAN ASHCAN CANCAN GLUCAN GLYCAN OILCAN SICCAN TOUCAN VULCAN WICCAN BARACAN COONCAN INDICAN MOHICAN PELICAN PEMICAN SHITCAN BARBICAN BARRACAN BILLYCAN GALLICAN HOOLICAN JERRICAN JERRYCAN PEMMICAN PUBLICAN TRASHCAN ANTELUCAN BASILICAN MOLLUSCAN PHOTOSCAN SPELLICAN REPUBLICAN SCINTISCAN MESOAMERICAN PROTEOGLYCAN ENTOMOSTRACAN MALACOSTRACAN PEPTIDOGLYCAN SCINTILLISCAN ANTIREPUBLICAN

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

+B BANC
+E ACNE ANCE CANE
+G CANG
+H NACH
+I CAIN
+L CLAN
+N CANN
+R CARN CRAN NARC
+S CANS SCAN
+T CANT
+Y CANY CYAN

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

-C AN NA

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 15.8 chance (6.34%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 42.8 chance (2.34%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

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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