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Yes. The word gans is a Scrabble US word. The word gans is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word gans is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (4 found)

GANS,NAGS,SANG,SNAG,

3-letter words (8 found)

AGS,ANS,GAN,GAS,NAG,NAS,SAG,SAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AG,AN,AS,NA,

You can make 16 words from gans according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gans

gans agns gnas ngas angs nags gasn agsn gsan sgan asgn sagn gnsa ngsa gsna sgna nsga snga ansg nasg asng sang nsag snag

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Definitions and meaning of gans

gans

Verb

gans

  1. (Geordie) third-person singular simple present indicative of gan

Anagrams

  • AGNs, ANGs, GNAs, NSAG, nags, sang, snag

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gans.

Pronunciation

Noun

gans (plural ganse)

  1. goose

Descendants

  • → Xhosa: urhanisi
  • → Zulu: ihansi

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • gen

Etymology

From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”).

Preposition

gans

  1. with (in the company of)
  2. with (expresses possession of something on one's person)
  3. by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice)
  4. by (indicates the creator of a work)

Inflection

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "with"): hep, heb

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑns/
  • Hyphenation: gans
  • Rhymes: -ɑns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gans (alongside gōs, gās), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n)

  1. A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae.
Alternative forms
  • goes (dialectal)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: gans
    • → Xhosa: urhanisi
    • → Zulu: ihansi
  • Jersey Dutch: xânz
  • Negerhollands: gans
  • → Lokono: kansa
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: hans
  • → Papiamentu: gans (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: gansi
    • → Aukan: gansi
    • → Saramaccan: gánsi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gansch, gans, gands, gants, borrowed from Middle High German ganz, from Old High German, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”).

Determiner

gans

  1. (now chiefly Belgium, informal) whole, entire
    Synonyms: heel, geheel, volledig
    het ganse land ― the whole country
Usage notes
  • Comes across as old-fashioned in most of the Netherlands. Still common, though mostly informal, in Belgium and Dutch Limburg.
Inflection
Alternative forms
  • gansch (obsolete)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: gans

Adverb

gans

  1. entirely
    Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig
Alternative forms
  • gansch (obsolete)

References

Indonesian

Etymology

ganteng + -s

Pronunciation

Adjective

gans

  1. (slang, text messaging) handsome

Latvian

Noun

gans m (1st declension, feminine form: gane)

  1. (male) shepherd

Declension

Scots

Verb

gans

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Volapük

Noun

gans

  1. nominative plural of gan

References


Source: wiktionary.org