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Is ans a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ans is a Scrabble US word. The word ans is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

A1N1S1

Is ans a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ans is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

A1N1S1

Is ans a Words With Friends word?

The word ans is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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Valid words made from Ans

You can make 6 words from 'ans' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'ans'

ANS 3NAS 3
SAN 3 

2 letters words from 'ans'

AN 2AS 2
NA 2 

All 3 letters words made out of ans

ans nas asn san nsa sna

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ans. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ans.

Definitions and meaning of ans

ans

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈænz/

Noun

ans

  1. plural of an

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • ans.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæns/

Noun

ans

  1. Abbreviation of answer.

Anagrams

  • -san, NAS, NAs, NSA, SAN, SAn, SNA, San, san

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈans/

Adverb

ans

  1. (formal) rather, before
    ans al contrari
    on the contrary

Related terms

  • abans

Further reading

  • “ans” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “ans” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “ans” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “ans” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃/

Noun

ans m pl

  1. plural of an

Anagrams

  • san

German

Alternative forms

  • an's

Etymology

Contraction of an + das

Pronunciation

Contraction

ans (+ optionally: adjective in accusative case + neuter noun in accusative case)

  1. an + das, on(to) the, to the

Gothic

Romanization

ans

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐍃

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) anz

Noun

ans f

  1. (rare) an answer

Synonyms

  • (an answer): svar n

Derived terms

  • ansa

Occitan

Noun

ans

  1. plural of an

Old Occitan

Noun

ans m pl

  1. nominative plural of an
  2. oblique singular of an

Volapük

Pronoun

ans

  1. some people

Source: wiktionary.org
  • as in ifs and ans, things that might have happened, but which did not.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)