PETARD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PETARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PETARD?
| 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 PETARD is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PETARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
petardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PETARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PETARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about PETARD
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 PETARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small explosive device once fixed to a gate or wall to blast it open.
Military engineers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries used the petard to break through gates and drawbridges, and the device had a habit of killing the people who set it. That gave English the phrase hoist with his own petard, meaning caught in the trap one prepared for others. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet and is the main reason most people know the word at all.
How PETARD is used
Historical as a weapon; today it is nearly always met in the phrase hoist with one's own petard.
- The sappers fixed a petard to the castle gate.
- A petard was a crude but dangerous weapon.
- He was hoist by his own petard when the plot was exposed.
- The old fort still has marks left by a petard.
- The engineer lit the fuse of the petard and ran.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PETARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PETARD
The 6 tiles of PETARD in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with PETARD
1 longer words begin with PETARD.
Shorter words from the letters in PETARD
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Common questions about PETARD
- Is PETARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETARD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PETARD worth?
- PETARD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PETARD mean?
- A small explosive device once fixed to a gate or wall to blast it open.
- What letters can be added to PETARD?
- PETARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PETARD:
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