YARR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. YARR 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 YARR?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARR is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yarrsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YARR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YARR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does YARR mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectbotany
A dialect name for corn spurrey, a small weed with white flowers.
Farmers in parts of Britain used yarr instead of reaching for the plant's formal Latin-derived label, especially when cursing at how thickly it spread through sandy fields. The tradition of naming farm nuisances this way kept yarr alive in local speech long after most people forgot the botanical term entirely.
How YARR is used
Rare and regional; found mainly in dialect glossaries and older farming vocabulary.
- The field was overrun with yarr among the young crop.
- Older farmers still call the weed yarr rather than corn spurrey.
- The glossary lists yarr as a name for a common white-flowered weed.
- Pulling yarr from the field was a tedious spring chore.
- The botanist noted yarr growing along the sandy edge of the field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YARR
10 longer words begin with YARR.
Words with YARR inside
1 words contain YARR in the middle. Words that start with YARR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YARR
Common questions about YARR
- Is YARR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YARR is not in it.
- How many points is YARR worth?
- YARR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARR mean?
- A dialect name for corn spurrey, a small weed with white flowers.
- What letters can be added to YARR?
- YARR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YARR:
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