The word van 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.)

  • van n. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid…
  • van n. (Britain) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
  • van n. (Dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.

38 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND AS BOX BOXCAR BY CARRY COVERED CUBOID DATED EITHER ENCLOSED FOR GOODS LESS LIGHT MOTOR NORMALLY OF OPEN OR OTHERS PERSONS RAILWAY ROUGHLY SUCH TEN THAN THE TO TRADESMEN TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION USED USUALLY VAN VEHICLE WAGON

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

BRITAIN

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

AN

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

NA NAV

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

NAV

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

BAN CAN DAN EAN FAN GAN HAN MAN NAN PAN RAN SAN TAN VAC VAE VAG VAR VAS VAT VAU VAV VAW VAX VIN WAN

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

AN

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

VAIN

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

VANE VANG VANS VANT VANDA VANED VANES VANGS VANTS VANDAL VANDAS VANISH VANITY VANMAN VANMEN VANNED VANNER VANADIC VANDALS VANDYKE VANESSA VANILLA VANITAS VANLIKE VANLOAD VANNERS VANNING VANPOOL VANTAGE VANWARD VANADATE VANADIUM VANADOUS VANDALIC VANDYKED VANDYKES VANELESS VANESSAS VANESSID VANGUARD VANILLAS VANILLIC VANILLIN VANISHED VANISHER VANISHES VANITIED VANITIES VANITORY VANLOADS + 63 words

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

AVANT AVANTI DIVANS ELVANS LEVANT MOVANT PAVANE PAVANS SAVANT ADVANCE BHAVANS DOGVANE DVANDVA EVANGEL EVANISH LEVANTS MOVANTS NIRVANA PAVANES PROVAND PROVANT SAVANNA SAVANTE SAVANTS SERVANT SILVANS SYLVANS ADJUVANT ADVANCED ADVANCER ADVANCES AVANTIST CARAVANS DOGVANES DVANDVAS ELVANITE EVANESCE EVANGELS EVANGELY FLAVANOL GALAVANT GALIVANT GALVANIC GRIEVANT LAVANDIN LEVANTED LEVANTER MAILVANS MINIVANS NIRVANAS + 293 words

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

DIVAN ELVAN PAVAN BHAVAN SILVAN SYLVAN CARAVAN MAILVAN MINIVAN CORDOVAN

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

+E NAVE VANE VENA
+G VANG
+I VAIN VINA
+O NOVA
+S NAVS VANS
+T VANT
+Y NAVY

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

-V AN NA

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

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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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