FIAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FIAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIAR?
| 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 FIAR is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fiarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIAR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FIAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What does FIAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
In Scots law, the owner of land or property, especially one whose ownership is subject to another persons liferent.
A fiar holds the underlying title to land even though someone else, the liferenter, may have the right to use it during their lifetime. The term appears mainly in older Scottish legal documents dealing with estates and succession.
How FIAR is used
Chiefly encountered in Scottish legal and historical writing.
- The fiar retained legal title to the estate after the liferent was granted.
- Under old Scots law, a fiar could not sell land burdened by another liferent.
- The court records named the fiar as heir to the family property.
- Historians studying land tenure often encounter the term fiar in old deeds.
- The liferenter used the house, but the fiar owned it outright.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FIAR
The 4 tiles of FIAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FIAR
1 longer words begin with FIAR.
Shorter words from the letters in FIAR
Common questions about FIAR
- Is FIAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIAR, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIAR worth?
- FIAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIAR mean?
- In Scots law, the owner of land or property, especially one whose ownership is subject to another persons liferent.
- What letters can be added to FIAR?
- FIAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FIAR:
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