UNBAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. UNBAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNBAR?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNBAR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNBAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNBAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UNBAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about UNBAR
- 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 UNBAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To remove the bar or bolt from a door or gate, unlocking and opening it.
Someone unbars a door by lifting away the heavy wooden or metal bar laid across it from the inside, a common way of securing entrances before modern locks became widespread. The word survives today mainly in older fiction and accounts of castles, fortresses, and besieged towns, where a gate might be unbarred to let in an ally or barred again to keep out an enemy. Modern writers describing an ordinary front door are more likely to say unlock than unbar.
How UNBAR is used
Somewhat old-fashioned; encountered mainly in historical fiction and descriptions of castles, gates, or fortified doors.
- The guard hesitated before he agreed to unbar the gate.
- She rushed to unbar the door when she heard his voice.
- They refused to unbar the entrance until dawn.
- The old servant struggled to unbar the heavy oak door.
- Once the siege lifted, the townspeople could unbar the gates again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNBAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNBAR
The 5 tiles of UNBAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with UNBAR
17 longer words begin with UNBAR.
Shorter words from the letters in UNBAR
Common questions about UNBAR
- Is UNBAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNBAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNBAR worth?
- UNBAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNBAR mean?
- To remove the bar or bolt from a door or gate, unlocking and opening it.
- What letters can be added to UNBAR?
- UNBAR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UNBAR:
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