ACRE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ACRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACRE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACRE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACRE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ACRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about ACRE
- 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 ACRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of land area, traditionally used to measure fields and farmland.
An acre measures a fixed area of land, historically the amount a team of oxen could plough in a day. It remains in everyday use in Britain and the United States for describing farms, parks, and building plots, even though most countries now use metric units for land measurement.
How ACRE is used
Everyday word in property, farming, and land measurement contexts.
- The farm covered nearly two hundred acres of open land.
- They bought a single acre to build their house on.
- Each acre of wheat produced a good harvest this year.
- The park spans about ten acres near the town center.
- An acre of forest was cleared to make way for the road.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACRE
The 4 tiles of ACRE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ACRE
4 longer words begin with ACRE.
Words ending in ACRE
10 words end in ACRE. Useful as a back hook: play ACRE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACRE inside
Showing 24 of 35 words that contain ACRE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ACRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACRE
Common questions about ACRE
- Is ACRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACRE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACRE worth?
- ACRE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACRE mean?
- A unit of land area, traditionally used to measure fields and farmland.
- What letters can be added to ACRE?
- ACRE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ACRE:
Open ACRE in the Word Finder