BOLAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BOLAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOLAR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOLAR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOLAR
No single letter turns BOLAR into another word.
How BOLAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOLAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about BOLAR
- The same 5 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 BOLAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to bole, a soft, fine-grained, often reddish clay, or having the nature and qualities of that clay.
The word bolar comes directly from bole, the name for a fine natural clay once widely used in medicine, art, and gilding, and describes anything that shares its soft, earthy, clay-like qualities. Older pharmacology texts spoke of bolar earths used as absorbent or soothing preparations, a practice that has almost entirely disappeared from modern medicine. Today the word survives mainly in older scientific and mineralogical writing rather than in everyday description of clay or soil.
How BOLAR is used
A rare, technical adjective from older mineralogy and pharmacology, seldom used outside specialist or historical writing.
- The old text described a bolar substance used to soothe the skin.
- Mineralogists classified the deposit as having a distinctly bolar texture.
- The gilder mixed a bolar clay into the ground before applying gold leaf.
- Historical pharmacy books list several bolar earths among their remedies.
- The soft, bolar clay crumbled easily between her fingers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOLAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOLAR
The 5 tiles of BOLAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words with BOLAR inside
1 words contain BOLAR in the middle. Words that start with BOLAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOLAR
Common questions about BOLAR
- Is BOLAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOLAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOLAR worth?
- BOLAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOLAR mean?
- Relating to bole, a soft, fine-grained, often reddish clay, or having the nature and qualities of that clay.
- What letters can be added to BOLAR?
- No single letter can be added to BOLAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOLAR:
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