What TEAR Means
- verb: separate or cause to separate abruptly“The rope snapped”
- verb: to separate or be separated by force“planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars”
- noun: a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands“his story brought tears to her eyes”
- noun: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart“there was a rip in his pants”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TEAR is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 A1 R1.
Anagrams of TEAR (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TEAR
21 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.
3 letter words (12)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing TEAR
TEAR appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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