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Is scran a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scran is a Scrabble US word. The word scran is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1C3R1A1N1

Is scran a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scran is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1C3R1A1N1

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5-letter words (4 found)

CARNS,CRANS,NARCS,SCRAN,

4-letter words (9 found)

ARCS,CANS,CARN,CARS,CRAN,NARC,SCAN,SCAR,SNAR,

3-letter words (11 found)

ANS,ARC,ARS,CAN,CAR,NAS,RAN,RAS,SAC,SAN,SAR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AR,AS,NA,

You can make 28 words from scran according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of scran

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Definitions and meaning of scran

scran

Alternative forms

  • skran (Scotland)

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.

Pronunciation

  • (Glasgow, Northern England, especially Manchester, Liverpool, Geordie) IPA(key): /skɹan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

scran (uncountable)

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
    Synonyms: (Geordie) scrawn; see also Thesaurus:food
  2. Refuse; rubbish.

Derived terms

  • bad scran to someone
  • scrannish

Descendants

  • → Welsh: sgram

References

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Verb

scran (third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned)

  1. (slang, Liverpool, Manchester, Scotland) To eat.
  2. (slang, Northern England) To steal in an impish manner; pinch, nick.

Anagrams

  • Carns, cRNAs, carns, crans, crnas, narcs, scRNA, scarn, scrna

Source: wiktionary.org