BARROW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BARROW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARROW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARROW is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARROW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barrowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARROW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BARROW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What does BARROW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small hand-pushed cart with one wheel, used for carrying loads, or an ancient burial mound of earth or stones.
In gardens and building sites a barrow is the familiar one-wheeled cart with two handles, short for wheelbarrow, and the same word also names a market stall on wheels. Archaeologists use it for the grassy mounds raised over graves in prehistoric Britain, many of which are still visible on hills and downs. The two meanings have different origins, one from an Old English word for a hill and the other for something carried.
How BARROW is used
In British English also a handcart or costermonger's stall.
- He filled the barrow with soil and wheeled it to the beds.
- A Bronze Age barrow stands on the ridge above the village.
- The fruit seller pushed his barrow along the high street.
- Excavation of the barrow revealed an urn and a bronze dagger.
- She tipped the leaves out of the barrow onto the compost heap.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARROW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARROW
3 longer words begin with BARROW.
Shorter words from the letters in BARROW
Common questions about BARROW
- Is BARROW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARROW, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARROW worth?
- BARROW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARROW mean?
- A small hand-pushed cart with one wheel, used for carrying loads, or an ancient burial mound of earth or stones.
- What letters can be added to BARROW?
- BARROW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BARROW:
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