BARE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BARE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARE?
| 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 BARE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about BARE
- 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 BARE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not covered by clothing, a covering or anything additional; plain and without ornament.
Something that is bare has been stripped of its normal covering, whether that means skin without clothes, a floor without carpet, or a room without furniture, and the same idea extends to abstract things reduced to only the essential minimum, as in the bare facts of a case. The comparative barer and superlative barest follow the regular pattern.
How BARE is used
Very common in everyday speech, used both literally about exposed surfaces and figuratively about the minimum amount of something.
- He walked across the grass with bare feet.
- The walls were left bare after the pictures were taken down.
- She gave only the bare facts of what had happened.
- Winter left the trees bare of leaves.
- They survived on the bare minimum of supplies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARE
The 4 tiles of BARE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BARE
Showing 24 of 42 words that begin with BARE.
Words ending in BARE
4 words end in BARE. Useful as a back hook: play BARE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BARE inside
17 words contain BARE in the middle. Words that start with BARE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARE
Common questions about BARE
- Is BARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARE worth?
- BARE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARE mean?
- Not covered by clothing, a covering or anything additional; plain and without ornament.
- What letters can be added to BARE?
- BARE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BARE:
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