Is SONAR a word?
SONAR is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 22 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SONAR is a valid word.
What does sonar mean?
noun: a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
“sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SONAR: word details
- Pronunciation: SOH-nahr (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 5 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 6 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so SONAR works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of sonar
Shorter words inside sonar
Words you can make from the letters of sonar.
Solve a whole rack, not just SONAR
SONAR is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does SONAR mean?
SONAR is a noun. It means: a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
Is SONAR a valid word?
Yes, SONAR is a valid word. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.