ESCAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ESCAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESCAR?
| 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 ESCAR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESCAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESCAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ESCAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 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 ESCAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 9 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 ESCAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A long, narrow ridge of gravel and sand left behind by a stream that once flowed under or within a melting glacier; a name for an esker.
A glacier that is slowly melting can carry a stream of water beneath its own mass, and as that stream drops sand and gravel along its path, the material builds up into a winding ridge once the surrounding ice disappears. Geologists studying old ice-age landscapes use escar as an alternative spelling of the more familiar term esker, and both words describe exactly the same landform. Such ridges can stretch for many miles across flat countryside, standing out clearly once the land around them has been cleared or farmed. Older glossaries list escar mainly as a variant entry rather than as the preferred scientific term.
How ESCAR is used
A technical geological term, used as an alternative spelling of esker in older or specialist references.
- The long, winding escar cut across the otherwise flat farmland.
- Geologists mapped the escar left behind by the retreating glacier.
- Sand and gravel quarries often follow the path of an escar.
- Hikers noticed the raised line of the escar running through the valley.
- The textbook used escar as an older name for the same landform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESCAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESCAR
The 5 tiles of ESCAR in a different order — 9 found.
Words starting with ESCAR
13 longer words begin with ESCAR.
Shorter words from the letters in ESCAR
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Common questions about ESCAR
- Is ESCAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESCAR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESCAR worth?
- ESCAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESCAR mean?
- A long, narrow ridge of gravel and sand left behind by a stream that once flowed under or within a melting glacier; a name for an esker.
- What letters can be added to ESCAR?
- ESCAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ESCAR:
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