CAR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. CAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAR?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAR is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does CAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A road vehicle for a small number of people.
Car is much older than the motor car: it meant a wheeled cart in the fourteenth century and reached English through French from a Celtic word. The railway sense in American English kept that older meaning almost untouched.
How CAR is used
Countable: a car, two cars.
- The car is fifteen years old and has never failed a test.
- A car in the fourteenth century was a cart.
- The dining car is at the far end of the train.
- Two cars for a household that walks everywhere.
- The word car came through French from Celtic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAR
The 3 tiles of CAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAR
Showing 24 of 1140 words that begin with CAR.
Words ending in CAR
Showing 24 of 41 words that end in CAR. Useful as a back hook: play CAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAR inside
Showing 24 of 948 words that contain CAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAR
Common questions about CAR
- Is CAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAR worth?
- CAR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAR mean?
- A road vehicle for a small number of people.
- What letters can be added to CAR?
- CAR takes 11 hooks: 1 in front and 10 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAR:
Open CAR in the Word Finder