KAREZ is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. KAREZ is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 18 points there.
Which word lists accept KAREZ?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAREZ is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAREZ
No single letter turns KAREZ into another word.
How KAREZ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAREZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does KAREZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An underground channel or tunnel system, dug with a series of vertical access shafts, used to carry groundwater from higher ground to fields and settlements in arid regions.
A karez taps into water held in gravel or rock at the base of hills and carries it by gravity through a gently sloping tunnel to where it is needed, avoiding the heavy loss to evaporation that an open canal would suffer in a hot, dry climate. The technique, also known elsewhere as a qanat, has been used for centuries in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and western China to support farming in otherwise dry land.
How KAREZ is used
Technical and historical term used in discussions of traditional irrigation engineering in arid parts of Asia.
- The village still relies on an ancient karez for its water supply.
- Workers cleared silt from the karez after the spring floods.
- The engineer explained how a karez uses gravity instead of pumps.
- Several vertical shafts marked the line of the buried karez.
- Drought has dried up many of the region's traditional karez.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAREZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KAREZ
Common questions about KAREZ
- Is KAREZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAREZ, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAREZ worth?
- KAREZ is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAREZ mean?
- An underground channel or tunnel system, dug with a series of vertical access shafts, used to carry groundwater from higher ground to fields and settlements in arid regions.
- What letters can be added to KAREZ?
- No single letter can be added to KAREZ to make another word.
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