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BAR
Scrabble Validity
Valid UK Scrabble Word
Confirmed in SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).
Dictionary memberships:
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US) — US Scrabble validity
- ENABLE (Words with Friends) — Words With Friends validity
- SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble) — UK Scrabble validity
Tile Values
B
3
A
1
R
1
Σ
5
Definitions
Verb
- prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
- secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"
- render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
- expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
Noun
- the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
- a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
- a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate"
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word BAR
Yes, BAR is valid for UK Scrabble according to SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). If you play it, you can score 5 points in Scrabble.
BAR is a 3-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 2 consonants.