Spans
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Spans
noun
- The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
- (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
"He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes."
- A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
- The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
- The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
verb
- To extend through the distance between or across.
"The suspension bridge spanned the canyon."
- To extend through (a time period).
"The novel spans three centuries."
- To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
"to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder"
- To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
- To be matched, as horses.
Anagrams of Spans
Letter Values
s1
p3
a1
n1
s1
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Spans
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Spans"
Spans is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "spans" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Spans" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "spans" is a low-scoring word.