Yes. AN is a valid word.
AN is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AN is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AN
The article AN comes before a vowel sound, as in an apple. On the board it is one of the friendliest words for building: tiles in front give BAN, CAN, FAN, MAN, PAN, RAN, TAN and VAN.
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AN scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + N 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AN as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and AN is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of AN (13):
- BANforbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
- CANairtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- DAN
- FANa device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
- GANform of GIN: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
- MANan adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- NANyour grandmother
- PANcooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
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After AN (6):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from AN
Words that start with AN:
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AN and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of AN:
- NAno; not
Memory tip
AN is the everyday article, as in “an egg”. It takes more hooks than most two-letter words: ANA, AND, ANE, ANI, ANT, ANY and more.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with A
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Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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