ART is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ART 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 ART?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ART is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 13 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ART
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ART scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ART, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What stands out about ART
- The same 3 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 ART mean in Scrabble?
noun
The making of things valued for beauty or meaning.
Art meant skill of any kind for most of its history, which is why the liberal arts have nothing to do with painting. The narrowing happened in the eighteenth century, at the same time as the modern idea of the artist.
How ART is used
Uncountable and countable: the arts, a martial art.
- The art of the period is easier to date than to like.
- The word art once meant skill of any kind.
- A martial art keeps the older meaning intact.
- The liberal arts are named from that older sense.
- Two arts colleges in one town and neither full.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ART and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ART
The 3 tiles of ART in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ART
Showing 24 of 194 words that begin with ART.
Words ending in ART
Showing 24 of 125 words that end in ART. Useful as a back hook: play ART onto a word already on the board.
Words with ART inside
Showing 24 of 1551 words that contain ART somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ART are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ART
Common questions about ART
- Is ART valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ART, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ART worth?
- ART is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ART mean?
- The making of things valued for beauty or meaning.
- What letters can be added to ART?
- ART takes 13 hooks: 10 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ART:
Open ART in the Word Finder