FILAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FILAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILAR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILAR is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILAR
No single letter turns FILAR into another word.
How FILAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FILAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about FILAR
- The same 5 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 FILAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or relating to a thread or fine line, or made up of or resembling such threads.
A filar attachment fits inside certain telescopes and microscopes, adding fine crosshairs or movable wires that an observer lines up with tiny features to measure them precisely. Instrument makers borrowed the term from an old word for thread, since the measuring wires themselves look and behave like fine threads stretched across the field of view. A filar micrometer, for instance, lets an astronomer measure the narrow gap between two close stars far more accurately than the eye alone could judge. Engineers also use filar in naming pendulums and springs built from one, two, or more parallel threads or wires.
How FILAR is used
Chiefly a technical term found in optics, astronomy and instrument design rather than everyday speech.
- The astronomer adjusted the filar micrometer to measure the double star.
- A filar attachment lets the observer align fine crosshairs on a target.
- The lab manual explained how a filar pendulum swings on two parallel threads.
- Older telescopes often included a filar eyepiece for precise measurement.
- The filar wires inside the instrument had to be replaced after years of use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FILAR
The 5 tiles of FILAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FILAR
10 longer words begin with FILAR.
Words ending in FILAR
2 words end in FILAR. Useful as a back hook: play FILAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with FILAR inside
7 words contain FILAR in the middle. Words that start with FILAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FILAR
Common questions about FILAR
- Is FILAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILAR worth?
- FILAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILAR mean?
- Of or relating to a thread or fine line, or made up of or resembling such threads.
- What letters can be added to FILAR?
- No single letter can be added to FILAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FILAR:
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