You can make 6 words from wan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of wan
wan awn wna nwa anw naw
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word wan. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in wan.
Definitions and meaning of wan
wan
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishwan, wanne(“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old Englishwann(“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic*wannaz(“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisianwann, wonn(“dark”).
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɒn/
(General American) IPA(key): /wɑn/
(obsolete) IPA(key): /wæn/
Rhymes: -ɒn
Adjective
wan (comparativewanner, superlativewannest)
Pale, sickly-looking.
Synonyms:ashen, pasty; see also Thesaurus:pallid
Dim, faint.
Synonyms:dull, dun, leaden, uncolorful
Antonyms:colorful, colorific, coloury; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
Bland, uninterested.
Synonyms:insipid, lackluster; see also Thesaurus:boring
Eye dialect spelling of one. Sense 2 (“girl or woman”) possibly as a result of the phrase your wan as a counterpart to your man.
Noun
wan (pluralwans)
Pronunciation spelling of one, representing Ireland English.
(Ireland) A girl or woman.
Synonyms:lass, maid; see also Thesaurus:girl, Thesaurus:woman
Derived terms
cubewano
Etymology 3
An inflected form.
Verb
wan
(obsolete)simple past of win.
References
Anagrams
NWA, awn, naw
Ainu
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ɰᵝan]
Numeral
wan (Kana spellingワン)
ten
Atong (India)
Etymology
From Englishone.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wan/
Numeral
wan (Bengali scriptৱান)
one
Synonyms
sa
rongsa
eek
References
van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Bislama
Etymology
From Englishone.
Numeral
wan
one
Dutch
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɑn
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latinvannus.
Noun
wanf or m (pluralwannen, diminutivewannetjen)
winnowing basket
Etymology 2
Verb
wan
inflection of wannen:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Fanagalo
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishone.
Numeral
wan
one
Gothic
Romanization
wan
Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌽
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from Englishone.
Pronunciation 1
IPA(key): /wãn/
Numeral
wan
one
Pronunciation 2
IPA(key): /wã/
Article
wan
a, an (indefinite article)
Alternative spelling
wahn
Further reading
wan at majstro.com
Japanese
Romanization
wan
Rōmaji transcription of わん
Rōmaji transcription of ワン
Jingpho
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan*bʷar ~ *pʷar(“burn; fire; kindle; roast”) (STEDT).
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.
Maranao
Verb
wan
to fear
References
A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishwann(“dark”), from Proto-Germanic*wannaz, of uncertain origin.
Adjective
wan
wan (pallid, sickly)
wan (dim, faint)
Alternative forms
wane, wanne, won, wonne, wone
Descendants
English: wan
Scots: wan
References
“wan, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
wan (uncountable)
Alternative form of wane(“deprivation”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
wan
Alternative form of wane
Etymology 4
Noun
wan (uncountable)
(Northern)Alternative form of vein(“that which is vain”)
Etymology 5
Pronoun
wan
Alternative form of whan
Etymology 6
Noun
wan (pluralwanes)
(Northern, Early Middle English)Alternative form of wone(“dwelling”)
Etymology 7
Noun
wan (uncountable)
Alternative form of wane(“woeful state”)
Etymology 8
Noun
wan (pluralwanes)
Alternative form of wone(“choice”)
Etymology 9
Noun
wan (pluralwanes)
Alternative form of wayn(“wagon”)
Etymology 10
Verb
wan (third-person singular simple presentwaneth, present participlewanende, wanynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participlewaned)
Alternative form of wanen
Etymology 11
Adverb
wan
Alternative form of whenne
Conjunction
wan
Alternative form of whenne
Etymology 12
Adverb
wan
Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
wan
Alternative form of whanne
Etymology 13
Verb
wan
Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
Alternative form of wonnen: plural simple past of winnen
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From Englishwant.
Verb
wan
want, want to
Noone
Noun
wan (pluralboom)
child
References
R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisianwinna, which derives from Proto-Germanic*winnaną.
Verb
wan
(Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to win
Conjugation
Okinawan
Romanization
wan
Rōmaji transcription of わん
Old English
Alternative forms
wann
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wɔn/
Verb
wan
third-person singular of winnan
Grendel wan hwile wið Hroþgar. ― Grendel long fought against Hrothgar. (Beowulf ll. 151-2)
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wan/
Rhymes: -wan
Root
wan
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Alternative forms
*hwan
*on
Derived terms
Further reading
"wan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pipil
Pronunciation
(standard) IPA(key): /waŋ/
Noun
-wan
with, in relation to
Declension
Conjunction
wan
and, but
Scots
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wan/, /wɑn/
Numeral
wan
(West Central, Orkney) one
Sranan Tongo
Etymology 1
From Englishone.
Number
wan
one
Etymology 2
Verb
wan
Alternative form of wani
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Englishone.
Noun
wan
The number one.
Numeral
wan
One. Used with units of measurement and in times: wan aua, wan klok. See also wanpela.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
wanbel
wanblut
wande
wanhaus
wankain
wanlain
wanmak
wanpes
wanpela
wanpilai
wanpisin
wanples
wanskul
wantaim
wantok
wantu
wanwan
wanwande
wanwok
Wutunhua
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [wɛ̃]
Etymology 1
From Mandarin玩 (wán).
Verb
wan
to play
Etymology 2
From Mandarin碗 (wǎn).
Noun
wan
bowl
References
Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN