ARET is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARET 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 ARET?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARET is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARET scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,009.
What stands out about ARET
- 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 ARET mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To entrust something to the care of another person.
Aret is an old verb found in Spenser and other early writers, where a task, a treasure, or a person might be aret to someone trusted to look after it. Modern English has replaced it entirely with entrust or commit, and aret now appears only in quotations from older poetry.
How ARET is used
Archaic; found only in older literary texts, notably Spenser.
- The old romance says the knight would aret his shield to the squire's keeping.
- A faithful servant might aret the household treasure to the steward.
- The poet asks the reader to aret this tale to memory.
- In Spenser's verse, a knight is told to aret his cause to heaven.
- The elder chose to aret the orphan to a kind neighbor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARET
The 4 tiles of ARET in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ARET
9 longer words begin with ARET.
Words ending in ARET
11 words end in ARET. Useful as a back hook: play ARET onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARET inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain ARET somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARET
Common questions about ARET
- Is ARET valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARET is not in it.
- How many points is ARET worth?
- ARET is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARET mean?
- To entrust something to the care of another person.
- What letters can be added to ARET?
- ARET takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARET:
Open ARET in the Word Finder