KANTAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KANTAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KANTAR?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KANTAR is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KANTAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kantarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KANTAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KANTAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does KANTAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A unit of weight used in Arab and Middle Eastern countries, roughly the size of a hundredweight, though it varied from place to place.
The kantar was a trading weight of the eastern Mediterranean and the wider Arab world, used for goods such as cotton, olive oil and metal. Its size was never the same everywhere, so merchants had to learn the local value before they bargained. The word reached English through Arabic, which took it from a Latin term for a hundred, and the spelling cantar is a variant of it.
How KANTAR is used
Historical and regional; met in trade records and old travel accounts.
- The merchant sold his cotton by the kantar.
- A kantar in Cairo differed from one in Aleppo.
- The ledger recorded forty kantar of olive oil.
- Travellers noted the kantar as the standard heavy weight in the market.
- He weighed the copper against a stone marked as one kantar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KANTAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KANTAR
1 longer words begin with KANTAR.
Shorter words from the letters in KANTAR
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Common questions about KANTAR
- Is KANTAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KANTAR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KANTAR worth?
- KANTAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KANTAR mean?
- A unit of weight used in Arab and Middle Eastern countries, roughly the size of a hundredweight, though it varied from place to place.
- What letters can be added to KANTAR?
- KANTAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KANTAR:
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