KEBAR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. KEBAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KEBAR?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KEBAR is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KEBAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kebarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KEBAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KEBAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about KEBAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 KEBAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A Scots dialect word for a beam or rafter, also used for the heavy pole thrown in Highland games; a variant of caber.
Kebar was once ordinary building language for the timber beams that support a roof, and the same word came to name the trimmed pole tossed for distance in Highland strength contests. It stands beside caber and kabar as different spellings gathered from local speech rather than a fixed standard.
How KEBAR is used
Now largely historical or dialectal; caber is the spelling normally used for the athletic event.
- The old cottage still rested on kebar cut from the nearby forest.
- Villagers once called every roof rafter a kebar.
- The record book spelled the tossed pole kebar in that county.
- Carpenters replaced a rotten kebar in the barn roof.
- His grandfather taught him the old word kebar for a rafter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KEBAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KEBAR
The 5 tiles of KEBAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with KEBAR
1 longer words begin with KEBAR.
Shorter words from the letters in KEBAR
Common questions about KEBAR
- Is KEBAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KEBAR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KEBAR worth?
- KEBAR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KEBAR mean?
- A Scots dialect word for a beam or rafter, also used for the heavy pole thrown in Highland games; a variant of caber.
- What letters can be added to KEBAR?
- KEBAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KEBAR:
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