GLAIRE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GLAIRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLAIRE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLAIRE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLAIRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLAIRE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GLAIRE, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,033.
What stands out about GLAIRE
- The same 6 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 GLAIRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The white of an egg, or a substance made from it used to glaze, size, or bind materials such as paper and leather.
Bookbinders once brushed glaire onto leather covers before applying gold leaf, since the sticky egg-white coating made the metal adhere cleanly to the surface. Cooks and confectioners used the same substance, beaten thin, to glaze pastry or paper before it dried to a hard, glossy finish. The word is simply an older spelling of glair, and both forms describe the identical substance and process, though glaire now appears mainly in historical accounts of bookbinding and gilding. Because the technique has largely been replaced by modern adhesives and glazes, glaire is rarely met outside descriptions of traditional craft methods.
How GLAIRE is used
Now mostly found in historical or technical writing about traditional bookbinding, gilding and glazing.
- The binder brushed glaire over the leather before laying the gold leaf.
- Old recipes call for glaire to give the pastry a glossy shine.
- The museum display explains how glaire was made from beaten egg white.
- Restorers had to identify traces of old glaire on the manuscript's cover.
- Without glaire, the gilding would not stick properly to the surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLAIRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLAIRE
The 6 tiles of GLAIRE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GLAIRE
3 longer words begin with GLAIRE.
Shorter words from the letters in GLAIRE
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Common questions about GLAIRE
- Is GLAIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLAIRE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLAIRE worth?
- GLAIRE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLAIRE mean?
- The white of an egg, or a substance made from it used to glaze, size, or bind materials such as paper and leather.
- What letters can be added to GLAIRE?
- GLAIRE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GLAIRE:
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