BARCA is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 9 points
Yes for Scrabble. BARCA is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept BARCA?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARCA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barcasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARCA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BARCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BARCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A small boat, especially one with a pointed bow at each end.
Barca is the Italian word for boat, borrowed into English mainly through Mediterranean travel writing, and it is a distant relative of the English word barge. Older travel accounts use barca for the light double-ended boats hired to ferry passengers ashore. The word never displaced boat in everyday English and now appears mostly in older narrative writing and in reference works.
How BARCA is used
Rare outside travel writing and reference works; boat is the ordinary word.
- A barca waited at the landing to take the party ashore.
- The word barca is Italian for boat.
- A double-ended barca handles well in a short chop.
- The account describes hiring a barca and two rowers.
- Barca and barge share a distant common root.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARCA
5 longer words begin with BARCA.
Words with BARCA inside
6 words contain BARCA in the middle. Words that start with BARCA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARCA
Common questions about BARCA
- Is BARCA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BARCA is not in it.
- How many points is BARCA worth?
- BARCA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARCA mean?
- A small boat, especially one with a pointed bow at each end.
- What letters can be added to BARCA?
- BARCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BARCA:
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