YARE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. YARE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YARE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yarerChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How YARE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about YARE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 YARE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicnautical
Ready, quick, or easily handled, especially of a ship.
Yare describes a vessel that responds quickly and easily to its crew, or more generally a person or thing that is prepared and nimble. The word appears famously in Shakespeare's The Tempest, where sailors call out for the ship to be made yare, meaning ready for action.
How YARE is used
Archaic and nautical; found in older literature and sailing terminology rather than everyday speech.
- The captain called for the crew to make the ship yare.
- A small, yare boat can turn quickly in a narrow channel.
- The old sailor praised the vessel as remarkably yare.
- Shakespeare's sailors shout for everything to be yare.
- A yare response from the helm avoided the rocks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YARE
The 4 tiles of YARE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with YARE
3 longer words begin with YARE.
Shorter words from the letters in YARE
Common questions about YARE
- Is YARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YARE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YARE worth?
- YARE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARE mean?
- Ready, quick, or easily handled, especially of a ship.
- What letters can be added to YARE?
- YARE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YARE:
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