SARK is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARK?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARK is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about SARK
- The same 4 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 SARK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A shirt or chemise, especially in Scots usage.
Sark is an old word for a shirt, recorded in Scots and northern English dialect since medieval times. It survives today mainly in literary or historical writing, such as descriptions of nightshirts or plain undergarments.
How SARK is used
Now largely archaic, found chiefly in literature and dialect speech.
- He pulled a clean sark over his head.
- Her sark was made of coarse linen.
- The ghost in the tale wore a tattered white sark.
- Grandfather still called his nightshirt a sark.
- The old ballad describes a farmer's plain sark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SARK
The 4 tiles of SARK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SARK
9 longer words begin with SARK.
Words ending in SARK
1 words end in SARK. Useful as a back hook: play SARK onto a word already on the board.
Words with SARK inside
1 words contain SARK in the middle. Words that start with SARK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SARK
Common questions about SARK
- Is SARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARK, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARK worth?
- SARK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARK mean?
- A shirt or chemise, especially in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to SARK?
- SARK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SARK:
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