The word shan 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.)

  • shan adj. (Geordie) unfair, harsh.
  • shan adj. (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality.
  • Shan n. A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent…

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ADJACENT ALSO AND AS HARSH IN KNOWN LIVING LOW MEMBER OF PEOPLE POOR PRIMARILY QUALITY SHAN STATE THE UNFAIR

5 invalid words from 3 definitions

BURMA GEORDIE HARTLEPOOL MYANMAR SCOTLAND

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

AN HA HAN SH SHA

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

AH AHS NA NAH

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

KHAN SCAN SEAN SHAD SHAG SHAH SHAM SHAT SHAW SHAY SHEN SHIN SHUN SPAN SWAN THAN

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

HAN SAN SHA

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

SHARN SHAWN

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

SHAND SHANK SHANS SHANDS SHANDY SHANKS SHANNY SHANTI SHANTY SHANDRY SHANKED SHANTEY SHANTIH SHANTIS SHANDIES SHANGHAI SHANKING SHANNIES SHANTEYS SHANTIES SHANTIHS SHANTUNG SHANACHIE SHANDRIES SHANGHAIS SHANKBONE SHANTUNGS SHANTYMAN SHANTYMEN SHANACHIES SHANDRYDAN SHANDYGAFF SHANGHAIED SHANGHAIER SHANKBONES SHANKPIECE SHANTYTOWN SHANDRYDANS SHANDYGAFFS SHANGHAIERS SHANGHAIING SHANKPIECES SHANTYTOWNS

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

DARSHANS REDSHANK FORESHANK HINDSHANK LANGSHANS MISHANDLE MISHANTER REDSHANKS SNEESHANS FORESHANKS GREENSHANK HINDSHANKS MISHANDLED MISHANDLES MISHANTERS SCRIMSHANK SHEEPSHANK SKRIMSHANK GREENSHANKS MISHANDLING SCRIMSHANDY SCRIMSHANKS SHEEPSHANKS SKRIMSHANKS MISHANDLINGS SCRIMSHANDER SCRIMSHANKED SCRIMSHANKER SKRIMSHANKED SKRIMSHANKER COLLIESHANGIE EXTINGUISHANT SCRIMSHANDERS SCRIMSHANDIED SCRIMSHANDIES SCRIMSHANKERS SCRIMSHANKING SKRIMSHANKERS SKRIMSHANKING SPINDLESHANKS COLLIESHANGIES EXTINGUISHANTS SCRIMSHANDERED SCRIMSHANDYING SCRIMSHANDERING

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

DARSHAN LANGSHAN SNEESHAN

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

+A HANSA
+D HANDS SHAND
+E ASHEN HANSE
+G GNASH HANGS SANGH
+I HAINS NASHI
+K ANKHS HANKS KHANS SHANK
+O NOAHS
+R HARNS SHARN
+S SHANS SNASH
+T HANTS SNATH TANHS THANS
+U HAUNS
+W SHAWN

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

-H ANS NAS SAN
-N AHS ASH HAS SHA
-S HAN NAH

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 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%).

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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