ARRAS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ARRAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARRAS?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARRAS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARRAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARRAS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARRAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does ARRAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A tapestry wall hanging, especially one large enough to cover the wall of a room.
The word comes from the French town of Arras, once famous across Europe for weaving fine tapestries, and an arras was hung to insulate a stone wall as well as to decorate it. Because a heavy arras often stood away from the wall rather than flat against it, the space behind it became a favourite hiding place in older drama, most famously in Hamlet. Owning a large arras was a mark of wealth, since weaving one by hand could take a workshop many months. The word now belongs mainly to descriptions of old halls and to discussions of Renaissance theatre rather than to everyday speech.
How ARRAS is used
Literary and historical; met chiefly in descriptions of old interiors and in commentary on Elizabethan plays.
- A heavy arras covered the length of the great hall.
- He suspected someone was listening behind the arras.
- The tapestry weavers spent a full year on that single arras.
- Cold drafts still crept past the arras on winter nights.
- Visitors admired the hunting scene woven into the arras.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARRAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARRAS
The 5 tiles of ARRAS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARRAS
4 longer words begin with ARRAS.
Words ending in ARRAS
9 words end in ARRAS. Useful as a back hook: play ARRAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARRAS inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain ARRAS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARRAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARRAS
Common questions about ARRAS
- Is ARRAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARRAS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARRAS worth?
- ARRAS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARRAS mean?
- A tapestry wall hanging, especially one large enough to cover the wall of a room.
- What letters can be added to ARRAS?
- ARRAS takes 5 hooks: 5 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARRAS:
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