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Vans

4 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of van: groups at the forefront of a movement, pioneering new concepts and techniques, especially in the arts.

The vans of the modernist movement rejected every established academic tradition.

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vanguardspioneersavant-gardes

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Ends in the common -ANS pattern, V is the distinguishing letter and worth testing in earlier guesses

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Moderate score, the V adds a point premium over purely common-letter words ending in -ANS

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