ARREAR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ARREAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARREAR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARREAR is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARREAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arrearsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARREAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARREAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does ARREAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An amount of money, work, or duty that is overdue and still owed, most often encountered in the plural form arrears.
An arrear represents a debt or obligation that should already have been settled, such as unpaid rent, wages, or taxes still owing after their due date. Although the plural arrears dominates modern usage, as in fell into arrears, the singular arrear survives in older and more formal writing to name a single outstanding sum or duty. The word also appears in the fixed phrase in arrear, an older equivalent of the now more common in arrears.
How ARREAR is used
A somewhat formal or old-fashioned noun, chiefly used today in its plural form arrears rather than as a singular count noun.
- The ledger listed a small arrear left over from the previous quarter.
- Each arrear on the account was marked in red ink.
- The clerk calculated the arrear owed on the unpaid rent.
- Old records describe the tenant's arrear of several shillings.
- The treasurer reported a single arrear still outstanding on the books.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARREAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARREAR
3 longer words begin with ARREAR.
Shorter words from the letters in ARREAR
Common questions about ARREAR
- Is ARREAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARREAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARREAR worth?
- ARREAR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARREAR mean?
- An amount of money, work, or duty that is overdue and still owed, most often encountered in the plural form arrears.
- What letters can be added to ARREAR?
- ARREAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARREAR:
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