AIR is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. AIR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AIR?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIR is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 13 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AIR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AIR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 333.
What stands out about AIR
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 AIR mean in Scrabble?
noun
The invisible mixture of gases that we breathe.
Air is also a tune — a simple melody — and that sense came through Italian from the same Latin root, by way of the idea of manner or style. Putting on airs uses a third branch of the very same word.
How AIR is used
Uncountable for the gas; countable for a melody.
- The air in that room has not moved since Tuesday.
- An air by Purcell for a single voice.
- She puts on airs and fools nobody.
- The word air covers a gas, a tune and a manner.
- Two airs from the same suite played back to back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AIR
The 3 tiles of AIR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AIR
Showing 24 of 203 words that begin with AIR.
Words ending in AIR
Showing 24 of 66 words that end in AIR. Useful as a back hook: play AIR onto a word already on the board.
Words with AIR inside
Showing 24 of 588 words that contain AIR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AIR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AIR
Common questions about AIR
- Is AIR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIR, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIR worth?
- AIR is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIR mean?
- The invisible mixture of gases that we breathe.
- What letters can be added to AIR?
- AIR takes 13 hooks: 9 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AIR:
Open AIR in the Word Finder