Is DARTERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DARTERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 8 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DARTERS mean?
Darters is a form of DARTER.
- noun
fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
- noun
a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
“squirrels are darters”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 7
D (2) + A (1) + R (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 8 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for DARTERS
DARTERS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of DARTERS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from DARTERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- retards8
- starred8
- traders8
- darers7
- darter7
- daters7
- derats7
- drears7
- retard7
- stared7
- tarred7
- trader7
- trades7
- treads7
- arrest6
- rarest6
- raster6
- raters6
- starer6
- tarres6
- terras6
- darer6
- dares6
- darts6
- dater6
- dates6
- dears6
- derat6
- drats6
- drear6
- drest6
- rared6
- rased6
- rated6
- reads6
- sated6
- stade6
- stead6
- tared6
- tased6
- trade6
- trads6
- tread6
- tsade6
- aster5
- rares5
- raser5
- rater5
- rates5
- rears5
- resat5
- stare5
- tares5
- tarre5
- taser5
- tears5
- terra5
- dare5
- dart5
- date5
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