Unscramble IKAN and you have 16 words, IKAN itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: AKIN, KAIN, KINA and NAIK. Of the shorter words, INK, KIN and KAI lead with 7 points. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from IKAN split into 5 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Trade one tile of IKAN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 4-letter words: starting with I · ending in AN · all 4-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AKIN, KAIN and KINA (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IKAN is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IKAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 13 | 16 | 12 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: IKAN, NAIK and KAI. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: KI.
These 12 words take every letter of IKAN plus a single extra one.