PHARE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. PHARE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept PHARE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHARE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHARE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pharesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHARE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PHARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about PHARE
- The same 5 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 PHARE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A lighthouse or beacon that guides ships at sea.
Phare comes from the same root as pharos, the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria that gave its name to the word for lighthouse in French and several other European languages. English writers borrowed phare now and then for a beacon tower marking a harbour or a dangerous coastline, though lighthouse remained the everyday word throughout. Older texts sometimes stretched phare to mean the harbour that such a beacon protected.
How PHARE is used
Archaic and literary; lighthouse is the ordinary modern word.
- The ship's captain steered toward the distant phare.
- A phare marked the entrance to the rocky harbour.
- The old chronicle describes a phare built on the cliff.
- Sailors trusted the phare's light more than any chart.
- The phare had guided vessels safely for three centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHARE
The 5 tiles of PHARE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PHARE
1 longer words begin with PHARE.
Shorter words from the letters in PHARE
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Common questions about PHARE
- Is PHARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHARE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHARE worth?
- PHARE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHARE mean?
- A lighthouse or beacon that guides ships at sea.
- What letters can be added to PHARE?
- PHARE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PHARE:
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