SCARE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SCARE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCARE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCARE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCARE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCARE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SCARE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 9 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 SCARE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To frighten someone suddenly, or to drive a person or animal away through fear.
To scare someone is to trigger a sudden jolt of fear, often through surprise rather than through any real ongoing danger, which is why a loud noise or a jump from behind a door can scare a person just as effectively as a genuine threat. Farmers once set up a scarecrow in a field for exactly this reason, a rough figure built to scare birds away from growing crops. As a noun, a scare names either the sudden fright itself or a wider spell of public anxiety, as when a health scare or a bomb scare spreads worry through a whole community. The related adjective scary simply describes anything capable of causing that same jolt of fear, from a ghost story to a genuinely dangerous situation.
How SCARE is used
Very common in everyday speech, covering everything from a harmless jump-scare to serious public anxiety such as a health scare.
- The sudden thunderclap was enough to scare the dog under the bed.
- He jumped out from behind the door just to scare his sister.
- Farmers built a scarecrow to scare crows away from the young corn.
- News of the outbreak caused a brief health scare in the city.
- Don't scare the horses with all that shouting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCARE
The 5 tiles of SCARE in a different order — 9 found.
Words starting with SCARE
19 longer words begin with SCARE.
Words with SCARE inside
1 words contain SCARE in the middle. Words that start with SCARE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCARE
Showing 40 of 46. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SCARE
- Is SCARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCARE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCARE worth?
- SCARE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCARE mean?
- To frighten someone suddenly, or to drive a person or animal away through fear.
- What letters can be added to SCARE?
- SCARE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCARE:
Open SCARE in the Word Finder