The word span 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.)

  • span n. The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an…
  • span n. Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan…
  • span n. (By extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.

33 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANY APPROXIMATING AS BRIEF BY DISTANCE END ENGLISH ESPECIALLY EXTENSION FINGER FROM FULL HAND LENGTH LITTLE OF OPEN OR PORTION SMALL SPACE THE THIS THUMB TIME TO TRADITIONAL UNITS USED VARIOUS WIDTH

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

HANDSPAN

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

AN PA PAN SPA

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

NA NAP NAPS

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

NAPS PANS SNAP

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

SCAN SEAN SHAN SPAE SPAG SPAM SPAR SPAS SPAT SPAW SPAY SPIN SPUN SWAN

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

PAN SAN SPA

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

SAPAN SPAIN SPAWN SPEAN

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

SPANE SPANG SPANK SPANS SPANED SPANES SPANGS SPANKS SPANCEL SPANDEX SPANGED SPANGLE SPANGLY SPANIEL SPANING SPANKED SPANKER SPANNED SPANNER SPANCELS SPANDREL SPANDRIL SPANGHEW SPANGING SPANGLED SPANGLER SPANGLES SPANGLET SPANIELS SPANKERS SPANKING SPANLESS SPANNERS SPANNING SPANSPEK SPANSULE SPANWORM SPANAEMIA SPANAEMIC SPANCELED SPANDEXED SPANDEXES SPANDRELS SPANDRILS SPANGHEWS SPANGLERS SPANGLETS SPANGLIER SPANGLING SPANKINGS + 30 words

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

ESPANOL INSPANS OUTSPANS BESPANGLE ESPANOLES HISPANISM INSPANNED LIFESPANS LINKSPANS WINGSPANS BESPANGLED BESPANGLES HISPANIDAD HISPANISMS INSPANNING OUTSPANNED BESPANGLING HISPANICISE HISPANICISM HISPANICIZE HISPANIDADS OUTSPANNING HISPANICISED HISPANICISES HISPANICISMS HISPANICIZED HISPANICIZES HISPANIOLISE HISPANIOLIZE HISPANICISING HISPANICIZING HISPANIOLISED HISPANIOLISES HISPANIOLIZED HISPANIOLIZES HISPANIOLISING HISPANIOLIZING

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

INSPAN OUTSPAN LIFESPAN LINKSPAN WINGSPAN

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

+A NAPAS PAANS SAPAN
+D PANDS
+E ASPEN NAPES NEAPS PANES PEANS SNEAP SPANE SPEAN
+G PANGS SPANG
+I NIPAS PAINS PIANS PINAS SPAIN SPINA
+K KNAPS SPANK
+L PLANS
+S SNAPS SPANS
+T PANTS
+U PUNAS
+W PAWNS SPAWN
+Y PANSY

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

-N ASP PAS SAP SPA
-P ANS NAS SAN
-S NAP PAN

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 76.1 chance (1.31%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 259 chance (0.39%).

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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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