NARCO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NARCO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NARCO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NARCO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NARCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
narcosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NARCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NARCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about NARCO
- 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 NARCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A drug trafficker, or, more generally, anything relating to the illegal drug trade, especially in Latin America.
Narco is a clipped, informal form of narcotic or narcotics, most often used as a noun for a person involved in producing or smuggling illegal drugs, particularly in the context of Latin American drug cartels. The same short form works as an adjective in compounds such as narco trafficking or narco violence, describing crime linked to the drug trade. News reports and popular culture have made the word widely recognised well beyond its original Spanish-language use.
How NARCO is used
Informal, especially common in news coverage of Latin American drug crime; also used as an adjective in compounds like narco violence.
- Police arrested a suspected narco near the border.
- The documentary follows the rise of a powerful narco.
- Narco violence forced many families to leave their town.
- Investigators traced the shipment back to a narco network.
- The film dramatizes the life of a notorious narco.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NARCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NARCO
The 5 tiles of NARCO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NARCO
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with NARCO.
Words with NARCO inside
1 words contain NARCO in the middle. Words that start with NARCO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NARCO
Common questions about NARCO
- Is NARCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NARCO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NARCO worth?
- NARCO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NARCO mean?
- A drug trafficker, or, more generally, anything relating to the illegal drug trade, especially in Latin America.
- What letters can be added to NARCO?
- NARCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NARCO:
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