NARK is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NARK 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 NARK?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NARK is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NARK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NARK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What stands out about NARK
- The same 4 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 NARK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishslang
A police informer.
Nark came into English from Romani and works as a verb meaning to annoy as well. Australian use kept the second sense and largely dropped the first.
How NARK is used
Countable. Also a verb: narked, narks.
- A nark in the yard and everybody knew which one.
- The word nark came from Romani.
- It narked him for years afterwards.
- Australian use kept the annoyance sense of nark.
- Two narks giving different accounts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NARK
The 4 tiles of NARK in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NARK
6 longer words begin with NARK.
Words ending in NARK
1 words end in NARK. Useful as a back hook: play NARK onto a word already on the board.
Words with NARK inside
10 words contain NARK in the middle. Words that start with NARK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NARK
Common questions about NARK
- Is NARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NARK, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NARK worth?
- NARK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NARK mean?
- A police informer.
- What letters can be added to NARK?
- NARK takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NARK:
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