BAR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAR?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAR is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about BAR
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 BAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long rigid piece of metal or wood.
Bar covers the metal rod, the place that serves drinks, the legal profession and a unit of pressure. The drinking sense came from the counter itself being a barrier, and the courtroom sense from a physical rail that separated the lawyers from everybody else.
How BAR is used
Countable. Also a verb and a preposition — bar none.
- An iron bar across the door and a padlock on it.
- They barred him from the building for a month.
- The bar of the court is where the name came from.
- A bar of pressure is roughly one atmosphere.
- Everybody agreed, bar one, and he left early.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAR
The 3 tiles of BAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BAR
Showing 24 of 624 words that begin with BAR.
Words ending in BAR
Showing 24 of 60 words that end in BAR. Useful as a back hook: play BAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAR inside
Showing 24 of 392 words that contain BAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAR
Common questions about BAR
- Is BAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAR worth?
- BAR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAR mean?
- A long rigid piece of metal or wood.
- What letters can be added to BAR?
- BAR takes 10 hooks: 1 in front and 9 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAR:
Open BAR in the Word Finder