YAAR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YAAR 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 YAAR?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAAR is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yaarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAAR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YAAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does YAAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslangIndian English
Friend; used as a casual form of address, especially in Indian English.
Yaar is a warm, informal way of addressing a friend, widely used in Hindi and Urdu and carried into Indian English conversation and film dialogue. It functions much like mate or buddy, often added at the end of a sentence for emphasis rather than as a strict noun of address.
How YAAR is used
Informal; common in spoken Indian English and rarely seen in formal writing.
- Come on, yaar, we are going to be late.
- He greeted his old friend with a cheerful hey, yaar.
- She laughed and said, relax, yaar, it is not a big deal.
- The film's dialogue was full of the word yaar.
- They called each other yaar since childhood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAAR
The 4 tiles of YAAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YAAR
1 longer words begin with YAAR.
Shorter words from the letters in YAAR
Common questions about YAAR
- Is YAAR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YAAR is not in it.
- How many points is YAAR worth?
- YAAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAAR mean?
- Friend; used as a casual form of address, especially in Indian English.
- What letters can be added to YAAR?
- YAAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YAAR:
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