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Is cran a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cran is a Scrabble US word. The word cran is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is cran a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cran is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3R1A1N1

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4-letter words (3 found)

CARN,CRAN,NARC,

3-letter words (4 found)

ARC,CAN,CAR,RAN,

2-letter words (3 found)

AN,AR,NA,

You can make 10 words from cran according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cran

cran rcan carn acrn racn arcn crna rcna cnra ncra rnca nrca canr acnr cnar ncar ancr nacr ranc arnc rnac nrac anrc narc

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Definitions and meaning of cran

cran

Etymology 1

Evidently from, or at least influenced by Goidelic; compare Scottish Gaelic crann (“lot, measure of herring, tree, etc.”).

Alternative forms

  • crane

Noun

cran (plural crans or cran)

  1. (obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500).
  2. (obsolete, rare, by extension) A barrel made to hold such a measure.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cran.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cran (plural crans)

  1. (music) An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers of the lower hand.

Etymology 3

Noun

cran (plural crans)

  1. Alternative form of qiran

See also

  • vodka cran

Anagrams

  • Carn, NRCA, cRNA, carn, crna, narc

French

Etymology

Deverbal of créner (“to kern”), from crenedes (“notched”), from Vulgar Latin *crinare, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krini-, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide, separate”). Or, less likely, from Latin cernō (“to separate”), itself from the same root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁɑ̃/

Noun

cran m (plural crans)

  1. notch
  2. (firearms) safety catch
  3. (belt) hole
  4. (hair) wave
  5. (colloquial) guts, bottle, courage

Derived terms

  • cran d’arrêt
  • être à cran

References

Further reading

  • “cran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kranō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɑn/

Noun

cran m

  1. crane (bird)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: crane, krane, cranne, craane, crone, craune
    • English: crane (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: cran
    • Yola: kraanberry, kraaneberry

Romanian

Noun

cran n (plural cranuri)

  1. Obsolete form of craniu.

Declension

References

  • cran in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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