MORTAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MORTAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORTAR?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MORTAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORTAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MORTAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MORTAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does MORTAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mixture of lime or cement with sand and water, used to bond bricks or stones together in building; also, a bowl-shaped vessel for grinding substances with a pestle.
Builders trowel wet mortar between bricks or stones so that, once it hardens, the whole wall holds together as a single mass rather than a loose stack. The unrelated kitchen and pharmacy sense of mortar names the sturdy bowl used with a pestle to crush herbs, spices, or medicines by hand. A third, older sense names a short, high-angled gun that lobs shells over walls or obstacles, a shape said to resemble the grinding bowl.
How MORTAR is used
Common in building and construction, and separately in cooking, pharmacy, and older military contexts.
- The bricklayer spread a fresh layer of mortar along the wall.
- She ground the peppercorns in a stone mortar.
- Cracks appeared where the old mortar had crumbled away.
- The mortar shells landed just short of the trench.
- A pestle and mortar sat on the kitchen counter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORTAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MORTAR
11 longer words begin with MORTAR.
Shorter words from the letters in MORTAR
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Common questions about MORTAR
- Is MORTAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORTAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORTAR worth?
- MORTAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORTAR mean?
- A mixture of lime or cement with sand and water, used to bond bricks or stones together in building; also, a bowl-shaped vessel for grinding substances with a pestle.
- What letters can be added to MORTAR?
- MORTAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MORTAR:
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