LASCAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LASCAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LASCAR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LASCAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LASCAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lascarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LASCAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LASCAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about LASCAR
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 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 LASCAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A sailor from India or South East Asia who served on European ships, especially during the age of sail.
European trading companies recruited lascar crews from Indian and South East Asian ports from the seventeenth century onward, and the word became the standard English label for these sailors aboard British and other European vessels. Lascars often worked under harsher contracts and conditions than European crew members, and many settled in port cities such as London and Cardiff after their voyages ended. The word is now mainly historical, appearing in accounts of colonial-era shipping rather than in current use.
How LASCAR is used
Historical; used when describing sailors of Indian or South East Asian origin on European ships of past centuries.
- The captain signed on a crew of lascar sailors before leaving Calcutta.
- Many a lascar never returned home after his ship was wrecked.
- The old dock records list dozens of lascar names among the crew.
- A lascar boarding house once stood near the harbour.
- Historians have traced the lives of lascar seamen who settled in port towns.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LASCAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LASCAR
The 6 tiles of LASCAR in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with LASCAR
1 longer words begin with LASCAR.
Shorter words from the letters in LASCAR
Common questions about LASCAR
- Is LASCAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LASCAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LASCAR worth?
- LASCAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LASCAR mean?
- A sailor from India or South East Asia who served on European ships, especially during the age of sail.
- What letters can be added to LASCAR?
- LASCAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LASCAR:
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