BARK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What stands out about BARK
- 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 BARK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sound made by a dog.
Three separate words are spelled bark: the dog's noise, the covering of a tree and a small sailing ship. The tree one came from Old Norse and the ship one through French, and none of the three is related.
How BARK is used
Countable. Also a verb: barked, barking.
- A bark at three in the morning wakes the whole street.
- The bark of a tree is a separate word entirely.
- They barked orders and nobody moved faster.
- A bark with three masts is a third unrelated word.
- Two barks and then silence for an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARK
The 4 tiles of BARK in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BARK
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with BARK.
Words ending in BARK
23 words end in BARK. Useful as a back hook: play BARK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BARK inside
Showing 24 of 53 words that contain BARK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BARK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARK
Common questions about BARK
- Is BARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARK worth?
- BARK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARK mean?
- The sound made by a dog.
- What letters can be added to BARK?
- BARK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BARK:
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