ERA is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ERA 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 ERA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ERA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250.
What stands out about ERA
- 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 ERA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long distinct period of history.
Era came from a Latin word about counting from a fixed point, which is what a calendar does. It is smaller than an eon and larger than a period, and nobody applies those relations consistently outside geology.
How ERA is used
Countable: an era, two eras.
- The whole era is named after one building.
- The word era means counting from a fixed point.
- An era ends when people start calling it one.
- Two eras separated by a single bad decade.
- In geology an era is smaller than an eon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERA
The 3 tiles of ERA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ERA
Showing 24 of 37 words that begin with ERA.
Words ending in ERA
Showing 24 of 90 words that end in ERA. Useful as a back hook: play ERA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERA inside
Showing 24 of 3053 words that contain ERA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERA
Common questions about ERA
- Is ERA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERA, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERA worth?
- ERA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERA mean?
- A long distinct period of history.
- What letters can be added to ERA?
- ERA takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ERA:
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