SHIKAR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHIKAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHIKAR?
| 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 SHIKAR is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHIKAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHIKAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHIKAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What stands out about SHIKAR
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 SHIKAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
Hunting as a sport, especially the pursuit of big game.
English picked up shikar from Hindi and Urdu during the period of British rule in India, where it described organised hunting trips for tigers, leopards and other large animals. Memoirs of that era speak of going out on shikar with guides, trackers and a long train of porters. The word can also be used as a verb for the act of hunting itself.
How SHIKAR is used
Indian English and historical writing about colonial hunting; seldom used in modern everyday speech.
- The colonel spent every cool season on shikar in the foothills.
- His book on shikar describes a month of tracking a single tiger.
- Guides were hired for the shikar a week before the party arrived.
- A day of shikar left the whole camp tired and dusty.
- Modern conservation has largely ended shikar of the old kind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHIKAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHIKAR
The 6 tiles of SHIKAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHIKAR
9 longer words begin with SHIKAR.
Shorter words from the letters in SHIKAR
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Common questions about SHIKAR
- Is SHIKAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIKAR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHIKAR worth?
- SHIKAR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHIKAR mean?
- Hunting as a sport, especially the pursuit of big game.
- What letters can be added to SHIKAR?
- SHIKAR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHIKAR:
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