BACCARAT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BACCARAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACCARAT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACCARAT is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACCARAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
baccaratsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BACCARAT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BACCARAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACCARAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BACCARAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A casino card game in which players bet on whose hand will total closest to nine.
In baccarat the cards are counted modulo ten, so only the last digit of the total matters. It is strongly linked to high-stakes tables and to French and Macau casinos.
How BACCARAT is used
Used for the gambling game, often with words like table, banker or player next to baccarat.
- He lost a fortune at the baccarat table.
- Baccarat looks simple, but the betting rules take practice.
- The film showed a tense game of baccarat in Monte Carlo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACCARAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BACCARAT
1 longer words begin with BACCARAT.
Shorter words from the letters in BACCARAT
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Common questions about BACCARAT
- Is BACCARAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACCARAT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACCARAT worth?
- BACCARAT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACCARAT mean?
- A casino card game in which players bet on whose hand will total closest to nine.
- What letters can be added to BACCARAT?
- BACCARAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BACCARAT:
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