BARRET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BARRET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARRET?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARRET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARRET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barretsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARRET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BARRET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does BARRET mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small, flat cap, akin to the biretta, formerly worn by soldiers and by Roman Catholic clergy.
A barret, sometimes called a barret cap, was a soft, flat-crowned headpiece worn across medieval and early modern Europe, first by fighting men and later adopted by clergy in a form close to the stiffened biretta still used in church dress. Its simple, low profile made it practical under a helmet or beneath a hood, unlike the taller, more structured hats worn by nobility of the same period. The word survives mainly in descriptions of historical costume and military dress, where it distinguishes this older style from later kinds of headgear. It appears rarely outside specialist writing on medieval dress, heraldry, and church vestments.
How BARRET is used
A historical costume term, met chiefly in accounts of medieval and early modern military and clerical dress.
- The soldier's barret sat low and close to the head.
- Illustrations of the period show foot soldiers in a plain barret.
- The bishop's barret closely resembled the ecclesiastical biretta.
- Costume historians catalogued the barret alongside other medieval headwear.
- A worn leather strap kept the barret fastened under the chin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARRET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARRET
The 6 tiles of BARRET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BARRET
11 longer words begin with BARRET.
Shorter words from the letters in BARRET
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Common questions about BARRET
- Is BARRET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARRET, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARRET worth?
- BARRET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARRET mean?
- A small, flat cap, akin to the biretta, formerly worn by soldiers and by Roman Catholic clergy.
- What letters can be added to BARRET?
- BARRET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BARRET:
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