BARD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about BARD
- The same 4 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 BARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A poet, especially one who composes or performs verse in the traditions of ancient Celtic or Anglo-Saxon culture.
A bard originally served as a professional poet-singer attached to a chieftain's court, preserving history and genealogy through memorized verse. The word later broadened in English to describe any celebrated poet, most famously Shakespeare, who is often called the Bard.
How BARD is used
Countable noun; often capitalized when referring to Shakespeare.
- The old bard sang of battles fought generations ago.
- Celtic chieftains kept a bard to record their family's history.
- Scholars still study the verse forms used by early bards.
- Students call Shakespeare the Bard of Avon.
- A traveling bard performed at the village feast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARD
The 4 tiles of BARD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BARD
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with BARD.
Words ending in BARD
9 words end in BARD. Useful as a back hook: play BARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with BARD inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain BARD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARD
Common questions about BARD
- Is BARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARD worth?
- BARD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARD mean?
- A poet, especially one who composes or performs verse in the traditions of ancient Celtic or Anglo-Saxon culture.
- What letters can be added to BARD?
- BARD takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BARD:
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