DECARE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DECARE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECARE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DECARE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECARE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
decaresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECARE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DECARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What does DECARE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of area equal to one thousand square metres, or ten ares.
The unit is part of the metric system and is mostly used in Scandinavia, Turkey and the Middle East for measuring farmland and building plots. A decare is about a quarter of an acre, so a farm advertised as fifty decares covers roughly twelve acres. The name comes from deca, ten, joined to are.
How DECARE is used
Technical; used in land measurement outside English-speaking countries.
- The plot measured twelve decare in total.
- Farmers there still sell land by the decare.
- One decare is about a quarter of an acre.
- The olive grove covers forty decare of hillside.
- The price of a decare near the coast has doubled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DECARE
1 longer words begin with DECARE.
Shorter words from the letters in DECARE
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Common questions about DECARE
- Is DECARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECARE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECARE worth?
- DECARE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECARE mean?
- A unit of area equal to one thousand square metres, or ten ares.
- What letters can be added to DECARE?
- DECARE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DECARE:
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