SWART is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SWART 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 SWART?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWART is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWART
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SWART scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWART, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about SWART
- 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 SWART mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterarypoetic
Dark in colour or complexion; swarthy.
Swart described weather-beaten or deeply tanned skin long before swarthy became the more usual word for the same idea, and poets favoured it for its short, blunt sound. Beyond people, older writers also applied swart to storm clouds, smoke, or shadowed places, extending the word into a general sense of gloom rather than a mere shade of skin. Today it survives mainly in poetry, older fiction, and dialect rather than in everyday description.
How SWART is used
Archaic and literary; modern writers generally choose swarthy or dark-skinned instead.
- The old ballad speaks of a swart stranger riding out of the hills.
- Smoke hung swart and heavy over the smouldering camp.
- His swart face bore the marks of years spent at sea.
- The poet used swart to paint the storm clouds gathering above the moor.
- Few writers today would call a sunburned farmer swart rather than tanned.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWART and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWART
The 5 tiles of SWART in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SWART
15 longer words begin with SWART.
Shorter words from the letters in SWART
Common questions about SWART
- Is SWART valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWART, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWART worth?
- SWART is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWART mean?
- Dark in colour or complexion; swarthy.
- What letters can be added to SWART?
- SWART takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWART:
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