Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SCAN is a valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SCAN is a valid Words with Friends word worth 8 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SCAN is a 4 letter word containing the letters a, c, n, s.

Definitions

• scan

  noun the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
  he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars

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• scan

  noun an image produced by scanning
  he analyzed the brain scan
  you could see the tumor in the CAT scan

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• scan

  verb examine minutely or intensely
  the surgeon scanned the X-ray

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• scan

  verb examine hastily
  She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi

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• scan

  verb make a wide, sweeping search of
  The beams scanned the night sky

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• scan

  verb conform to a metrical pattern

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• scan

  verb move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

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• scan

  verb read metrically
  scan verses

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• scan

  verb obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

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• Lookup SCAN using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'scan'

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