Cancans
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of cancan, referring to the energetic high-kicking dances of French origin performed by a line of chorus dancers.
“The showgirls performed their cancans to thunderous applause from the cabaret audience.”
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Contains doubled CAN, the repeated trigram is unusual and helps confirm positional guesses quickly
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Worth 11 points, two C tiles give modest scoring, and the ANS ending hooks onto many board words
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