DEWAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEWAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEWAR?
| 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 DEWAR is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEWAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dewarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEWAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEWAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about DEWAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 DEWAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A double-walled, vacuum-insulated flask or container used to store liquids at very low or very high temperatures.
A dewar keeps its contents near a constant temperature by trapping a vacuum between two nested walls, greatly slowing heat transfer in either direction. Laboratories rely on dewars to hold cryogenic liquids such as liquid nitrogen or liquid helium without them boiling away too quickly. The name honours the Scottish scientist James Dewar, who invented the design, though the lowercase word is now used generically for any flask built on that principle.
How DEWAR is used
Technical term in laboratories, especially for storing cryogenic liquids; often written lowercase as a common noun.
- The technician filled the dewar with liquid nitrogen before the experiment.
- A cracked dewar can lose its vacuum and warm up quickly.
- They transported the samples in a portable dewar packed with dry ice.
- The lab keeps several dewars of liquid helium for the magnet.
- Frost formed on the outside of the dewar despite its insulation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEWAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEWAR
The 5 tiles of DEWAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEWAR
1 longer words begin with DEWAR.
Words with DEWAR inside
2 words contain DEWAR in the middle. Words that start with DEWAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEWAR
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Common questions about DEWAR
- Is DEWAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEWAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEWAR worth?
- DEWAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEWAR mean?
- A double-walled, vacuum-insulated flask or container used to store liquids at very low or very high temperatures.
- What letters can be added to DEWAR?
- DEWAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEWAR:
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