Yes, ran is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
2. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
3. Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
4. Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
5. Have a particular form
6. Move along, of liquids
7. Perform as expected when applied
8. Change or be different within limits
9. Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
10. Cause to emit recorded audio or video
11. Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
12. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
13. Be operating, running or functioning
14. Change from one state to another
15. Cause to perform
16. Be affected by; be subjected to
17. Continue to exist
18. Occur persistently
19. Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
20. Include as the content; broadcast or publicize
21. Carry out
22. Pass over, across, or through
23. Cause something to pass or lead somewhere
24. Make without a miss
25. Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
26. Cause an animal to move fast
27. Be diffused
28. Sail before the wind
29. Cover by running; run a certain distance
30. Extend or continue for a certain period of time
31. Set animals loose to graze
32. Keep company
33. Run with the ball; in such sports as football
34. Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
35. Travel a route regularly
36. Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
37. Compete in a race
38. Progress by being changed
39. Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
40. Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
41. Become undone