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Is cyan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cyan is a Scrabble US word. The word cyan is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

C3Y4A1N1

Is cyan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cyan is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3Y4A1N1

Is cyan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cyan is a Words With Friends word. The word cyan is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4Y3A1N2

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Valid words made from Cyan

You can make 11 words from 'cyan' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'cyan'

CANY 9CYAN 9

3 letters words from 'cyan'

ANY 6CAN 5
CAY 8NAY 6

2 letters words from 'cyan'

AN 2AY 5
NA 2NY 5
YA 5 

All 4 letters words made out of cyan

cyan ycan cayn acyn yacn aycn cyna ycna cnya ncya ynca nyca cany acny cnay ncay ancy nacy yanc aync ynac nyac anyc nayc

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

Definitions and meaning of cyan

cyan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), possibly a loanword, but more likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”) and cognate with Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪˌæn/, /ˈsaɪ.ən/, /saɪˈæn/

Noun

cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)

  1. A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.

Translations

Adjective

cyan (comparative more cyan, superlative most cyan)

  1. Of the colour cyan.

Translations

Derived terms

  • haemocyanin, hemocyanin

Related terms

  • cyan-
  • cyano-

See also

  • (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)

Further reading

  • cyan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • -ancy, cany

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪjan]

Noun

cyan m

  1. (printing) cyan


French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjɑ̃/

Noun

cyan m (plural cyans)

  1. cyan (color)

See also

Swedish

Adjective

cyan

  1. cyan (colour)

Synonyms

  • cyanfärgad

Noun

cyan

  1. cyan (colour)
  2. (colloquial) Almost any chemical compound containing a cyanide group; especially if this compound is in gaseous state.

Synonyms

  • (colour): cyanfärg

Derived terms

  • cyanblå

See also

  • blågrön
  • cyankalium
  • cyanid
  • cyanväte
  • turkos

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a greenish-blue colour.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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