ACER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ACER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ACER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACER is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACER scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ACER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about ACER
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACER mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A maple, especially one of the ornamental kinds grown for its leaves.
Acer is the Latin name of the maple genus, and English gardeners use it as an ordinary noun for the small Japanese sorts grown in pots and borders. The word carries an expectation of autumn colour: nobody buys an acer for its summer.
How ACER is used
Countable: an acer, three acers. Common in nursery catalogues and garden writing.
- The acer by the gate turns before anything else in the garden.
- She keeps an acer in a pot because the soil is wrong for it.
- A young acer needs shelter from wind more than from cold.
- The acers were the only thing worth photographing in October.
- He paid too much for an acer and has never regretted it.
- An acer in full colour stops people on the pavement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACER and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACER
The 4 tiles of ACER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ACER
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with ACER.
Words ending in ACER
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in ACER. Useful as a back hook: play ACER onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACER inside
Showing 24 of 113 words that contain ACER somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ACER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACER
Common questions about ACER
- Is ACER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACER, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACER worth?
- ACER is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACER mean?
- A maple, especially one of the ornamental kinds grown for its leaves.
- What letters can be added to ACER?
- ACER takes 7 hooks: 5 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ACER:
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