SOARE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOARE 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SOARE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOARE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOARE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOARE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,631.
What stands out about SOARE
- The same 5 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 SOARE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
A young hawk in its first year, especially one still being trained for falconry.
Soare belongs to the specialised vocabulary of falconry, describing a hawk in its very first season before it has moulted into adult plumage. Falconers distinguished young birds by age and stage of training with words like this one, most of which have long since dropped out of everyday English.
How SOARE is used
Found in older falconry writing rather than modern English.
- The falconer chose a soare for its eager temperament.
- A soare needs patient handling before its first hunt.
- The manuscript described how to feed and train a soare.
- By its second year, the soare had grown far bolder.
- He carried the soare on his glove through the woods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOARE
The 5 tiles of SOARE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SOARE
4 longer words begin with SOARE.
Words with SOARE inside
2 words contain SOARE in the middle. Words that start with SOARE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOARE
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Common questions about SOARE
- Is SOARE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SOARE is not in it.
- How many points is SOARE worth?
- SOARE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOARE mean?
- A young hawk in its first year, especially one still being trained for falconry.
- What letters can be added to SOARE?
- SOARE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOARE:
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