FAR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAR?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAR is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about FAR
- The same 3 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 FAR mean in Scrabble?
adverb
At a great distance.
Far has an irregular comparative in two forms, farther and further, and the rule usually taught is that one covers distance and the other degree. Almost nobody follows it, and the two have been interchangeable in practice for centuries.
How FAR is used
Adverb and adjective. The comparative is farther or further.
- The village is far enough to need the car.
- He walked farther than he meant to and got lost.
- That is far better than the first attempt.
- How far is it from here to the coast?
- The two comparatives of far mean the same thing in practice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FAR
The 3 tiles of FAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FAR
Showing 24 of 216 words that begin with FAR.
Words ending in FAR
6 words end in FAR. Useful as a back hook: play FAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with FAR inside
Showing 24 of 158 words that contain FAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAR
Common questions about FAR
- Is FAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAR worth?
- FAR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAR mean?
- At a great distance.
- What letters can be added to FAR?
- FAR takes 8 hooks: 1 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAR:
Open FAR in the Word Finder