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DEBAR

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DEBAR Means

  1. verb: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
  2. verb: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off“Let's avoid a confrontation”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DEBAR is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 B3 A1 R1.

Anagrams of DEBAR (5)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In DEBAR

44 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (12)

Longer Words Containing DEBAR

DEBAR appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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