TARN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TARN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TARN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What does TARN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small lake found in the mountains, often formed by a glacier.
A tarn sits in a hollow scooped out by ice, usually fed by rain and snowmelt rather than a large river, and it is smaller and higher up than an ordinary lake. The word is common in descriptions of hill country in northern England and similar landscapes.
How TARN is used
Used in geography and in descriptive or literary writing about mountain scenery.
- They stopped to rest beside a still mountain tarn.
- Mist hung low over the tarn at dawn.
- The map showed a tarn just below the ridge.
- A single boat crossed the small tarn below the peak.
- Snowmelt kept the tarn full even in late summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARN
The 4 tiles of TARN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TARN
12 longer words begin with TARN.
Words ending in TARN
1 words end in TARN. Useful as a back hook: play TARN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TARN inside
11 words contain TARN in the middle. Words that start with TARN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TARN
Common questions about TARN
- Is TARN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARN worth?
- TARN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARN mean?
- A small lake found in the mountains, often formed by a glacier.
- What letters can be added to TARN?
- TARN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TARN:
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