CALCAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CALCAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALCAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALCAR is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALCAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
calcarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALCAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CALCAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does CALCAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A spur or spur-shaped projection, especially a bony process in an animal or a hollow spur on a flower.
Latin for a spur, calcar turns up in several sciences. Anatomists apply it to a small bony or ridged projection, such as the slender rod that props the wing membrane of a bat, while botanists use it for the hollow tube at the base of a petal. In the glass trade it also named a kind of furnace used for baking sand and potash into frit.
How CALCAR is used
Technical term; the plural is calcaria.
- The calcar of the bat supports the edge of the membrane between its legs.
- A long calcar at the back of the corolla holds the nectar.
- The surgeon pointed out the calcar on the scan of the heel bone.
- Workers fed the batch into the calcar and waited for the frit to form.
- Each specimen carries a sharp calcar on the inner side of the foot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALCAR
8 longer words begin with CALCAR.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCAR
Common questions about CALCAR
- Is CALCAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCAR worth?
- CALCAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCAR mean?
- A spur or spur-shaped projection, especially a bony process in an animal or a hollow spur on a flower.
- What letters can be added to CALCAR?
- CALCAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CALCAR:
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