PLANAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PLANAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANAR?
| 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 PLANAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANAR
No single letter turns PLANAR into another word.
How PLANAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PLANAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does PLANAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to, or lying within, a flat two-dimensional plane.
Something described as planar has no thickness worth mentioning and no curve out of a single flat surface, so mathematicians use it for shapes that can be drawn entirely on paper without folding. Engineers borrow the same word for circuits or structures built up in flat layers rather than in three full dimensions, such as planar transistors printed onto a flat chip. The opposite idea is usually called three-dimensional or spatial.
How PLANAR is used
Technical; used in mathematics, physics, and engineering rather than in everyday speech.
- A triangle is a planar shape because it fits entirely inside one flat plane.
- The chip relies on a planar design rather than stacked layers.
- Engineers modelled the bridge joint as a planar structure to simplify the maths.
- Two lines that cross are always planar, since a plane can hold them both.
- The graph is planar, so it can be drawn with no lines crossing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLANAR
6 longer words begin with PLANAR.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANAR
Common questions about PLANAR
- Is PLANAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANAR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANAR worth?
- PLANAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANAR mean?
- Relating to, or lying within, a flat two-dimensional plane.
- What letters can be added to PLANAR?
- No single letter can be added to PLANAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PLANAR:
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