THAR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. THAR 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept THAR?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THAR is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THAR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in THAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about THAR
- The same 4 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 THAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wild goat of the Himalayas with a shaggy coat.
The thar keeps to ground steep enough that nothing follows it, and the feet do the work: a hard rim for grip with a soft pad inside for friction. Introduced to New Zealand for sport in 1904, it did far too well there, so the animal is hunted in one country and protected in another.
How THAR is used
Countable: a thar, two thars. Also spelled tahr, which is commoner in scientific writing.
- A thar can stand where nothing else will.
- The thar was introduced to New Zealand and never left.
- Two thar crossed the scree above the camp.
- The coat of a thar thickens into a ruff at the shoulder.
- He watched the thar through glasses for an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THAR
The 4 tiles of THAR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with THAR
5 longer words begin with THAR.
Words ending in THAR
1 words end in THAR. Useful as a back hook: play THAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with THAR inside
Showing 24 of 83 words that contain THAR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THAR
Common questions about THAR
- Is THAR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and THAR is not in it.
- How many points is THAR worth?
- THAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THAR mean?
- A wild goat of the Himalayas with a shaggy coat.
- What letters can be added to THAR?
- THAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THAR:
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