SMEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SMEAR 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 SMEAR?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMEAR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMEAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMEAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SMEAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 SMEAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
To spread a soft or sticky substance over a surface in a messy way, or to damage someone's reputation with false or exaggerated accusations.
To smear something physically means to drag or rub it across a surface without much care, leaving a streak or blot behind, whether that is grease smeared across a windscreen or paint smeared by an unsteady hand. The word took on a second, harsher meaning in politics and public life, where to smear someone means to attack their reputation with claims designed to damage rather than inform, often through a coordinated smear campaign. In medicine, a smear names a thin sample of tissue or fluid spread across a glass slide for examination, as in a cervical smear taken during a routine screening test. Across all three uses the same underlying image survives, something spread thinly and messily across a surface, whether that surface is glass, skin or a person's public standing.
How SMEAR is used
Common in everyday speech for physical mess, and equally standard in politics for reputation-damaging accusations and in medicine for diagnostic tissue samples.
- Chocolate was smeared across the toddler's face and hands.
- The newspaper ran what critics called a deliberate smear against the candidate.
- She wiped the smear of paint from the doorframe before it dried.
- The nurse explained how a routine smear test is carried out.
- Rumours meant to smear his reputation spread quickly through the office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMEAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMEAR
The 5 tiles of SMEAR in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SMEAR
13 longer words begin with SMEAR.
Words ending in SMEAR
2 words end in SMEAR. Useful as a back hook: play SMEAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with SMEAR inside
5 words contain SMEAR in the middle. Words that start with SMEAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SMEAR
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Common questions about SMEAR
- Is SMEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMEAR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMEAR worth?
- SMEAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMEAR mean?
- To spread a soft or sticky substance over a surface in a messy way, or to damage someone's reputation with false or exaggerated accusations.
- What letters can be added to SMEAR?
- SMEAR takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMEAR:
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