Yes. AR is a valid word.
AR is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AR is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AR
The letters of the alphabet have names that are valid words, and AR is the name for R. Learning the set (AR, EF, EL, EM, EN, ES, EX) gives you a quick two-letter play for many racks with an E.
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AR scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + R 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AR as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and AR is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of AR (14):
- BARa room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- CARa motor vehicle with four wheels
- EARthe sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- FARto a considerable degree
- GARprimitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- JARto cause to shake
- LAR
- MARmake imperfect
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- OARan implement used to propel or steer a boat
- PAR(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- TARany of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- VARa unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
- WARthe waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- YAR
After AR (9):
- ARBsomeone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from…
- ARCelectrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- AREform of BE: have the quality of being
- ARF
- ARKa boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
- ARMa human limb
- ARO
- ARSform of AR: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
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- ARTform of BE: have the quality of being
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from AR
Other forms of AR (1):
- ARSform of AR: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
Words that start with AR:
- ARAKany of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
- ARBSform of ARB: someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from…
- ARCHform an arch or curve
- ARCO(of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
- ARCSform of ARC: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- AREAa particular extent of space or surface; a section of the cerebral cortex having a specific function
- AREGform of ERG: a cgs unit of work or energy
- ARES
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AR and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A and R.
Memory tip
AR is the name of the letter R, spelled out. Its letter-name cousins are EF, EL, EM, EN, ES and EX.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with A
Check words at the table, free
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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