LAARI is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LAARI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAARI?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAARI is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAARI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
laarisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAARI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAARI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does LAARI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small unit of Maldivian currency, equal to one hundredth of a rufiyaa.
The name laari comes from an older coin, the laree, that once circulated across the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. Today laari exist only as small coins used for change alongside the rufiyaa banknotes, much as cents are used with dollars.
How LAARI is used
Used mainly in pricing and accounting in the Maldives rather than in general conversation.
- The receipt listed the total in rufiyaa and laari.
- Coins worth a few laari are rarely used today.
- Prices in the market were rounded to the nearest laari.
- One rufiyaa is divided into one hundred laari.
- The bank exchanged foreign notes for rufiyaa and laari.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAARI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAARI
1 longer words begin with LAARI.
Shorter words from the letters in LAARI
Common questions about LAARI
- Is LAARI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAARI, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAARI worth?
- LAARI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAARI mean?
- A small unit of Maldivian currency, equal to one hundredth of a rufiyaa.
- What letters can be added to LAARI?
- LAARI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAARI:
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