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Is loan a Scrabble word?

Yes, loan is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of loan?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (law, banking, finance) An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.Examples: "Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester."Synonyms: loaning, lending

2. (law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).Examples: "All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks."; "He got a loan of five thousand pounds."; "That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired."Synonyms: principal

verb (English)

1. (usually ditransitive, US, dated and occasionally proscribed in UK, informal) To lend (something) to (someone).Examples: "In the course of a correspondence that passed between us at this period, he mentioned, to my utter astonishment, the fact of his having loaned Neilson 81000 to buy my bill on Maryland; and stated that he could not proceed to make the payment until Neilson refunded the money."; "All the rest—six out of eleven, more than half—were loaned to him."; "Upon maturity of the debt, the investment bank returns the loaned shares. On the date of issuance, the entity should record the loaned shares at their fair value and recognize them as an issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital."USditransitiveinformalusually

noun (English)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.Examples: "the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan"; "[...] The herds upon the loan, As if a sheep had fled, wi' speed, At Grumphy tykes hound on Wi' loud huzza!"; "[...] meeting in the loan above the house his own great plough with the six oxen, which were the pride of his heart."Northern-EnglandScotland

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "loan"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "loan"?

Scrabble
4 points
L1
O1
A1
N1
Words With Friends
6 points
L2
O1
A1
N2

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