MARS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. MARS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How MARS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MARS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about MARS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 MARS mean in Scrabble?
verb
To spoil the look or the quality of a thing — the form used after he, she or it.
Mar is a quiet old verb that survives mainly in one construction: something mars something else, and the object is usually a surface or an occasion rather than a person. It is a writer's word — a scratch mars a table, a row mars a wedding — and it is almost never heard aloud, where spoil and ruin do the same job.
How MARS is used
Third-person singular of mar: it mars, they mar. Takes a direct object, nearly always a thing.
- A single scratch mars the whole surface.
- Nothing mars the view from that window.
- One bad review mars a run of good ones.
- The chip mars an otherwise perfect glaze.
- What mars the book is the ending, not the beginning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MARS
The 4 tiles of MARS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MARS
Showing 24 of 65 words that begin with MARS.
Words ending in MARS
21 words end in MARS. Useful as a back hook: play MARS onto a word already on the board.
Words with MARS inside
2 words contain MARS in the middle. Words that start with MARS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MARS
Common questions about MARS
- Is MARS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARS worth?
- MARS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARS mean?
- To spoil the look or the quality of a thing — the form used after he, she or it.
- What letters can be added to MARS?
- MARS takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MARS:
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