BACCARA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BACCARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACCARA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACCARA is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACCARA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BACCARA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BACCARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,881 thousand.
What does BACCARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A French gambling card game in which players bet against a banker.
Baccara is the French spelling of a game better known in English as baccarat. The game is a staple of casinos, and it is decided by comparing the totals of two hands. Players of Scrabble often meet baccara as a handy word with three repeated letters.
How BACCARA is used
Found mostly in older texts and in word-game dictionaries, where baccara stands as a spelling of the casino game.
- The old novel described a night of baccara at a seaside casino.
- He lost his savings at baccara before the evening was over.
- A dealer shuffled the cards for a round of baccara.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACCARA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BACCARA
3 longer words begin with BACCARA.
Shorter words from the letters in BACCARA
Common questions about BACCARA
- Is BACCARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACCARA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACCARA worth?
- BACCARA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACCARA mean?
- A French gambling card game in which players bet against a banker.
- What letters can be added to BACCARA?
- BACCARA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BACCARA:
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