BARRATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BARRATOR 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 BARRATOR?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARRATOR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARRATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barratorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARRATOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BARRATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARRATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARRATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person who habitually stirs up lawsuits or quarrels without good cause.
Law once treated a barrator as a nuisance who burdened others with groundless claims. The word is tied to the offence of barratry, which also covers wrongful acts by a ship's master against the owners.
How BARRATOR is used
Barrator is a rare legal term, found in old statutes and law dictionaries.
- The town branded him a barrator after his ninth baseless suit.
- Medieval law punished the common barrator with a fine.
- No honest merchant wanted to deal with a known barrator.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARRATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARRATOR
1 longer words begin with BARRATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in BARRATOR
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Common questions about BARRATOR
- Is BARRATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARRATOR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARRATOR worth?
- BARRATOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARRATOR mean?
- A person who habitually stirs up lawsuits or quarrels without good cause.
- What letters can be added to BARRATOR?
- BARRATOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BARRATOR:
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