EAR is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. EAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EAR?
| 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 EAR is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 17 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EAR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250.
What stands out about EAR
- The same 3 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 EAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
The organ of hearing.
The ear of corn is a separate word from the ear on a head, and the two fell together by pure accident. Having an ear for something is fifteenth-century and older than most figurative uses of a body part.
How EAR is used
Countable: an ear, two ears.
- The ear does the balancing as well as the hearing.
- An ear of wheat is an unrelated word.
- She has an ear for an accent and no patience with it.
- Two ears and one mouth, as the proverb points out.
- The word ear covers two things that fell together by accident.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EAR
The 3 tiles of EAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with EAR
Showing 24 of 185 words that begin with EAR.
Words ending in EAR
Showing 24 of 168 words that end in EAR. Useful as a back hook: play EAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with EAR inside
Showing 24 of 1373 words that contain EAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EAR
Common questions about EAR
- Is EAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EAR, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EAR worth?
- EAR is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EAR mean?
- The organ of hearing.
- What letters can be added to EAR?
- EAR takes 17 hooks: 13 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EAR:
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