BARRE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BARRE 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 BARRE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARRE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARRE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BARRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What stands out about BARRE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 BARRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A horizontal rail fixed to a wall, used by ballet dancers to steady themselves while performing warm-up exercises; also, an exercise class based on such movements.
Classical ballet training begins each day at the barre, where a dancer rests one hand on the rail while working through a fixed sequence of stretches and positions before moving to the centre of the floor without support. The same French word for "bar" later gave its name to barre fitness classes, a workout style that borrows small, controlled ballet movements for people who have never danced professionally. Guitarists also use a related term, barre chord, for a chord shape in which one finger presses down several strings at once, though that sense comes from the same French root rather than from dance. Studios sometimes install a portable barre so that dancers can rehearse away from a full ballet room.
How BARRE is used
Common in dance training and in the fitness industry, where barre now names a whole style of low-impact workout class.
- She held onto the barre while stretching before rehearsal.
- The studio offers a barre class every morning at seven.
- His fingers ached from holding a difficult barre chord.
- Beginners often wobble at the barre until their balance improves.
- A portable barre let the dancers practise in the small rented hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARRE
The 5 tiles of BARRE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BARRE
Showing 24 of 41 words that begin with BARRE.
Words with BARRE inside
13 words contain BARRE in the middle. Words that start with BARRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARRE
Common questions about BARRE
- Is BARRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARRE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARRE worth?
- BARRE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARRE mean?
- A horizontal rail fixed to a wall, used by ballet dancers to steady themselves while performing warm-up exercises; also, an exercise class based on such movements.
- What letters can be added to BARRE?
- BARRE takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BARRE:
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