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Is shan a Scrabble word?

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

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

S1H4A1N1

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4-letter words (1 found)

SHAN,

3-letter words (9 found)

AHS,ANS,ASH,HAN,HAS,NAH,NAS,SAN,SHA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AH,AN,AS,HA,NA,SH,

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

All 4 letters words made out of shan

shan hsan sahn ashn hasn ahsn shna hsna snha nsha hnsa nhsa sanh asnh snah nsah ansh nash hans ahns hnas nhas anhs nahs

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Definitions and meaning of shan

shan

Alternative forms

  • shand

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps of Romani origin.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æn

Adjective

shan (comparative more shan, superlative most shan)

  1. (Geordie, Edinburgh) unfair, harsh
    Here man! that's pure shan that like
  2. (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality

Synonyms

  • (unfair): lenns (Geordie), unfair, unjust

Related terms

  • shanny

References

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

  • HANS, HNAs, Hans, NASH, Nash, nash

Finnish

Etymology

From English Shan, from Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑn/, [ˈʃɑ̝n]

Noun

shan

  1. Shan (language spoken in eastern Burma in an area bordering China, Laos and Thailand)
  2. Shan (person belonging to the ethnic minority that speaks the language)

Declension

Derived terms

  • shan-kansa (the Shan people)

Mandarin

Romanization

shan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of shān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of shán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of shǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of shàn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Oromo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic. Compare Afar konoy, Saho koon, Sidamo onte, Somali shan.

Pronunciation

Numeral

shan

  1. five.

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Cant, possibly originally from Scottish Gaelic sean (“old”).

Adjective

shan (comparative shanner, superlative shannest)

  1. (Edinburgh) unfair, mean, harsh, nasty
  2. low-quality, pitiful, worn out

Related terms

  • shanner

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar konoy, Oromo shan, Saho koon and Sidamo onte.

Numeral

shan

  1. five

Source: wiktionary.org