VARA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VARA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VARA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VARA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VARA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does VARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A traditional unit of length used in Spain and parts of Latin America, roughly equal to thirty-three inches.
The vara varied in exact length from one Spanish-speaking region to another, with the Castilian standard differing from the vara once used in Texas and Mexico. Because Spanish colonial land grants were measured in this unit, surveyors in the American Southwest still occasionally consult historical vara measurements when settling boundary disputes.
How VARA is used
Encountered mainly in historical land surveys and discussions of Spanish colonial measurement.
- Surveyors converted each vara into modern feet for the report.
- The colonial map marked distances in vara units.
- A single vara measured slightly less than a yard.
- Historians debate the exact length of the vara used locally.
- Old deeds sometimes recorded boundaries in varas rather than feet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VARA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VARA
5 longer words begin with VARA.
Words with VARA inside
4 words contain VARA in the middle. Words that start with VARA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VARA
Common questions about VARA
- Is VARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VARA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VARA worth?
- VARA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VARA mean?
- A traditional unit of length used in Spain and parts of Latin America, roughly equal to thirty-three inches.
- What letters can be added to VARA?
- VARA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VARA:
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