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Is roan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word roan is a Scrabble US word. The word roan is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

R1O1A1N1

Is roan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word roan is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

R1O1A1N1

Is roan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word roan is a Words With Friends word. The word roan is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1O1A1N2

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4-letter words (1 found)

ROAN,

3-letter words (4 found)

NOR,OAR,ORA,RAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AN,AR,NA,NO,ON,OR,

You can make 11 words from roan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of roan

roan oran raon aron oarn aorn rona orna rnoa nroa onra nora rano arno rnao nrao anro naro oanr aonr onar noar anor naor

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

Definitions and meaning of roan

roan

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: rōn, IPA(key): /ɹəʊn/
  • (US) enPR: rōn, IPA(key): /ɹoʊn/
  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Etymology 1

From Middle French roan, probably from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, itself probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”). Compare rowan.

Adjective

roan (not comparable)

  1. Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
  2. Made of the leather called roan.
    roan binding
Translations

Noun

roan (plural roans)

  1. An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  2. The color of such an animal.
  3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
Derived terms
  • roan antelope
  • strawberry roan
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Etymology 2

Noun

roan (plural roans)

  1. Archaic form of rowan (“kind of tree”).

See also

  • roan duck (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • Arno, Aron, NRAO, Nora, Oran, Rona, rona

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroan/ [ˈro.ãn]
  • Rhymes: -oan
  • Syllabification: ro‧an

Verb

roan

  1. inflection of roer:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org