BARN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BARN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARN is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BARN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does BARN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large farm building used for storing crops, hay or equipment, or for housing animals.
A barn typically stands close to a farmhouse and provides shelter for livestock during bad weather as well as dry storage for hay, grain and machinery, and its wide open interior and high roof make it easy to stack bales or park large equipment. The word is also used more loosely for any large, plain building resembling a farm barn.
How BARN is used
Common everyday word in rural and agricultural contexts, also used figuratively for any large, bare building.
- The farmer stored the hay in the old barn.
- Swallows nested in the rafters of the barn.
- They kept the tractor parked in the barn overnight.
- The barn door creaked open in the wind.
- Cows sheltered in the barn during the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARN
The 4 tiles of BARN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BARN
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with BARN.
Words ending in BARN
1 words end in BARN. Useful as a back hook: play BARN onto a word already on the board.
Words with BARN inside
1 words contain BARN in the middle. Words that start with BARN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARN
Common questions about BARN
- Is BARN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARN worth?
- BARN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARN mean?
- A large farm building used for storing crops, hay or equipment, or for housing animals.
- What letters can be added to BARN?
- BARN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BARN:
Open BARN in the Word Finder