GUARDER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GUARDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUARDER?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUARDER is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUARDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guardersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUARDER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GUARDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 205,859.
What does GUARDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
One who guards something.
English already has a perfectly good word for the person, which is exactly why guarder is so rare: it is formed correctly and needed almost never. It turns up where a writer wants to separate the act from the job — a guarder of a secret is nobody's employee.
How GUARDER is used
Countable: a guarder, two guarders. Rare; the ordinary word is guard.
- He was a guarder of other people's secrets and kept them all.
- The guarder of a tradition is not always its friend.
- Two guarders of the same door disagreed about the rules.
- A guarder in this sense is doing rather than employed.
- The word guarder is correct and nearly never necessary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUARDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUARDER
1 longer words begin with GUARDER.
Shorter words from the letters in GUARDER
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Common questions about GUARDER
- Is GUARDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUARDER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUARDER worth?
- GUARDER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUARDER mean?
- One who guards something.
- What letters can be added to GUARDER?
- GUARDER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GUARDER:
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