GLAIR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GLAIR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLAIR?
| 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 GLAIR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLAIR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLAIR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLAIR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What stands out about GLAIR
- 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 GLAIR mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Egg white, especially when used as a glaze, adhesive, or binding agent in cooking, bookbinding, or gilding.
Bakers once brushed glair over pastry to give it a glossy shine, while bookbinders and gilders used the same sticky egg white to fix gold leaf onto a surface or to stiffen paper. Because glair dries into a thin, clear film, it worked well wherever a craftsperson needed a light adhesive that would not discolor delicate materials. Modern recipes and crafts have mostly replaced glair with other glazes and adhesives, so the word now appears mainly in historical and craft writing.
How GLAIR is used
Archaic outside specialist crafts; still used by conservators and gilders describing traditional techniques.
- The gilder brushed glair onto the frame before applying gold leaf.
- Medieval scribes sometimes mixed pigment with glair.
- She glazed the pastry crust with a thin coat of glair.
- Bookbinders used glair to stiffen the cover before decoration.
- The recipe called for glair rather than modern egg wash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLAIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLAIR
The 5 tiles of GLAIR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GLAIR
13 longer words begin with GLAIR.
Shorter words from the letters in GLAIR
Common questions about GLAIR
- Is GLAIR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLAIR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLAIR worth?
- GLAIR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLAIR mean?
- Egg white, especially when used as a glaze, adhesive, or binding agent in cooking, bookbinding, or gilding.
- What letters can be added to GLAIR?
- GLAIR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLAIR:
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