GAR is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAR?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAR is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 998.
What does GAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long slender freshwater fish with a bony snout.
The gar takes its name from an Old English word for a spear, after the shape of its jaw. It is one of very few fish that can breathe air, and it has survived essentially unchanged for something over a hundred million years.
How GAR is used
Countable: a gar, two gars.
- A gar can breathe air and survive in water that kills other fish.
- The word gar means a spear in Old English.
- The gar has changed very little in a hundred million years.
- Two gars in the shallows and neither moving.
- An alligator gar is the largest of the family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAR
The 3 tiles of GAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GAR
Showing 24 of 263 words that begin with GAR.
Words ending in GAR
Showing 24 of 33 words that end in GAR. Useful as a back hook: play GAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAR inside
Showing 24 of 433 words that contain GAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAR
Common questions about GAR
- Is GAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAR, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAR worth?
- GAR is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAR mean?
- A long slender freshwater fish with a bony snout.
- What letters can be added to GAR?
- GAR takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GAR:
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