SCAN — 4 letter word
scan
The word scan has 4 letters: S, C, A, N. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Scan has 1 anagram: cans. As a noun, it means "the act of scanning".
4 letter word "scan": S C A N — noun
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends: 8
Letter Analysis of scan
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of scan
noun
- the act of scanning
- an image produced by scanning "The doctor analyzed the brain scan."
verb
- obtain data from magnetic tapes Synonyms: read
- read metrically "scan verses"
- make a wide, sweeping search of "The beams scanned the night sky"
- move a light beam over
- examine hastily "I scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi." Synonyms: skim, rake, run down, glance over
- examine minutely or intensely "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
- conform to a metrical pattern