ARAR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARAR 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARAR?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARAR is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ararsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARAR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does ARAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The sandarac tree, a small North African conifer whose resin is used to make varnish.
The arar grows chiefly in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria, and its fragrant wood was prized by the Romans for fine furniture. The resin tapped from its bark, called sandarac, is dried into pale lumps and used in varnishes and incense.
How ARAR is used
A specialist botanical term, rare outside descriptions of North African flora.
- The carpenter praised the arar for its dense, fragrant wood.
- Resin from the arar was collected and sold as sandarac.
- Groves of arar still grow on the slopes of the Atlas Mountains.
- Ancient craftsmen imported arar wood for their finest tables.
- The guide identified the arar among the scrubby hillside conifers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARAR
3 longer words begin with ARAR.
Words with ARAR inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain ARAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARAR
Common questions about ARAR
- Is ARAR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARAR is not in it.
- How many points is ARAR worth?
- ARAR is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARAR mean?
- The sandarac tree, a small North African conifer whose resin is used to make varnish.
- What letters can be added to ARAR?
- ARAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARAR:
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