ISOBAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ISOBAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOBAR?
| 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 ISOBAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOBAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISOBAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ISOBAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does ISOBAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A line drawn on a weather map that connects points where the atmospheric pressure is the same at a given moment.
Meteorologists draw an isobar by joining every point on a map that is reporting equal barometric pressure, and a full set of isobars shows the shape of the pressure systems moving across a region. Isobars packed closely together mark a steep pressure gradient and usually mean strong wind, while widely spaced isobars point to calmer weather. The same word also has a narrower use in physics, where an isobar can mean two atoms of different elements that happen to share the same atomic weight, but the weather-map sense is the one most people encounter.
How ISOBAR is used
A technical term from meteorology, seen on weather charts and in forecasting rather than in ordinary conversation.
- The weather map showed tightly packed isobars sweeping in from the coast.
- Forecasters read the spacing of each isobar to judge how strong the wind would be.
- A closed loop of isobars around a low usually marks the center of a storm.
- Where the isobars bunch together, sailors expect a rough and windy passage.
- The textbook explained how an isobar differs from an isotherm on the same chart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOBAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ISOBAR
7 longer words begin with ISOBAR.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOBAR
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Common questions about ISOBAR
- Is ISOBAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOBAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOBAR worth?
- ISOBAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOBAR mean?
- A line drawn on a weather map that connects points where the atmospheric pressure is the same at a given moment.
- What letters can be added to ISOBAR?
- ISOBAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ISOBAR:
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