SAR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. SAR 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 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SAR?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAR is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about SAR
- The same 3 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 SAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyregional
A marine fish, also known as the white sea bream, found along European coasts.
Sar names a silvery coastal fish related to the bream family, caught by small boats along the Atlantic and Mediterranean shoreline. The name entered English as a borrowing used mainly by fishermen and market traders rather than the general public.
How SAR is used
A regional fishing and market term rather than everyday vocabulary.
- Fishermen brought in a basket of sar from the bay.
- The market stall sold fresh sar beside the mackerel.
- A shoal of sar gathered near the rocky shallows.
- She grilled the sar with lemon and herbs.
- The old net was mended before the next sar season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAR
The 3 tiles of SAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SAR
Showing 24 of 186 words that begin with SAR.
Words ending in SAR
22 words end in SAR. Useful as a back hook: play SAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAR inside
Showing 24 of 319 words that contain SAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAR
Common questions about SAR
- Is SAR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SAR is not in it.
- How many points is SAR worth?
- SAR is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAR mean?
- A marine fish, also known as the white sea bream, found along European coasts.
- What letters can be added to SAR?
- SAR takes 8 hooks: 4 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAR:
Open SAR in the Word Finder