PILAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PILAR 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 PILAR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILAR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILAR
No single letter turns PILAR into another word.
How PILAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PILAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does PILAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to, or growing from, hair or a hair follicle.
Doctors and biologists use pilar chiefly as a technical adjective describing anything connected with hair, as in a pilar cyst, a small lump that forms around a hair follicle and is common on the scalp. The word comes from the Latin pilus, meaning hair, the same root that gives English pile, in the sense of the nap on velvet or carpet. Outside medical and biological writing, pilar rarely appears in everyday speech.
How PILAR is used
A technical word, used mainly in medical and biological writing about hair and hair follicles.
- The dermatologist diagnosed a small pilar cyst on his scalp.
- The study examined pilar growth patterns across several mammal species.
- A pilar tumor of this kind is almost always harmless.
- The textbook illustrated the pilar structure of a single follicle.
- Surgeons removed the pilar cyst under local anaesthetic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PILAR
The 5 tiles of PILAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in PILAR
1 words end in PILAR. Useful as a back hook: play PILAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with PILAR inside
3 words contain PILAR in the middle. Words that start with PILAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PILAR
Common questions about PILAR
- Is PILAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILAR worth?
- PILAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILAR mean?
- Relating to, or growing from, hair or a hair follicle.
- What letters can be added to PILAR?
- No single letter can be added to PILAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PILAR:
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