HAERES is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HAERES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAERES?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAERES is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAERES
No single letter turns HAERES into another word.
How HAERES scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HAERES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What stands out about HAERES
- 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 HAERES mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalarchaic
An heir, especially in Roman law, the person who takes over a dead person's estate and its debts.
Haeres is the Latin spelling of the word that English lawyers later wrote as heres. In Roman law the haeres did not merely receive property but stepped into the legal position of the dead person. The plural in Latin is haeredes, and the word survives mainly in old legal texts and in the language of Roman and civil law.
How HAERES is used
Learned and historical; found in legal history rather than in modern speech.
- The will named his nephew as haeres of the whole estate.
- Under Roman law the haeres inherited the debts as well.
- The old charter calls him haeres and son of the deceased lord.
- A student of Roman law must understand what a haeres was.
- The clerk wrote haeres where a modern text would say heir.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAERES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAERES
The 6 tiles of HAERES in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HAERES
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Common questions about HAERES
- Is HAERES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAERES, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAERES worth?
- HAERES is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAERES mean?
- An heir, especially in Roman law, the person who takes over a dead person's estate and its debts.
- What letters can be added to HAERES?
- No single letter can be added to HAERES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HAERES:
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