GUAR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GUAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUAR is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUAR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GUAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about GUAR
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 GUAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A drought-resistant bean plant grown mainly in India and Pakistan, whose seed produces a thickening gum used in food and industry.
Guar is cultivated as animal fodder and as a crop for its seed, which is ground into guar gum, a substance added to ice cream, sauces and many other products to thicken them. The plant belongs to the legume family and tolerates dry soil better than most beans.
How GUAR is used
Technical, agricultural term; most familiar through the ingredient guar gum on food labels.
- Farmers in the dry region grow guar for its valuable seed.
- The factory processes guar into a thickening gum.
- Guar tolerates drought better than many other bean crops.
- Guar gum extracted from the plant appears in many packaged foods.
- Rows of guar stretched across the arid field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GUAR
The 4 tiles of GUAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GUAR
Showing 24 of 60 words that begin with GUAR.
Words ending in GUAR
3 words end in GUAR. Useful as a back hook: play GUAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with GUAR inside
Showing 24 of 84 words that contain GUAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GUAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GUAR
Common questions about GUAR
- Is GUAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUAR, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUAR worth?
- GUAR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUAR mean?
- A drought-resistant bean plant grown mainly in India and Pakistan, whose seed produces a thickening gum used in food and industry.
- What letters can be added to GUAR?
- GUAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GUAR:
Open GUAR in the Word Finder