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Definition: Scar |
ScarNoun1. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue. 2. An indication of damage. Verb1. Mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | Stem wound which has been more or less overgrown by callous tissue. It may result from fire(fire scar), ice floes(ice scar), avalanches, rock slides, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In founding, an imperfect spot in a casting. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound (e.g. after accident, disease, or surgery) results in some degree of scarring.Scar tissue is not identical to the tissue which it replaces and is usually of inferior functional quality. For example, scars in the skin are less resistant to ultraviolet radiation, and sweat glands and hair follicless do not grow back within scar tissue, myocardial infarction causes scar formation in the heart muscle which leads to loss of muscular power and possibly heart failure. However, there are some tissues (e.g. bone) which can heal without any structural or functional deterioration.
Scars of the skin
A scar is a natural part of the natural healing process. Skin scars occur when the deep, thick layer of skin (the dermis) is damaged.
To mend the damage, the body has to lay down new collagen fibres (a naturally occurring protein which is produced by the body).
This process results in a scar. Because the body cannot re-build the tissue exactly as it was, the new scar tissue will have a different texture and quality to the surrounding normal tissue tissue. An injury does not become a scar until the wound has completely healed.
Most skin scars are of the flat and pale variety, which leave a trace of the original injury which caused them.
Sometimes the body can over-produce collagen, which results in a scar which is raised above the surrounding skin, these are known as either Hypertrophic scars or Keloid scars. Hypertrophic scars take the form of a red raised lump on the skin, but do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, and they often improve in appearance after a few years. Keloid scars are a more serious form of scarring, because they can carry on growing indefinitely into a tumorous growth. These are caused when the body doesn't know when to stop producing collagen.
Both hypertrophic and keloid scars are more common on younger and dark skinned people. They can occur on anyone, but some people have a genetic succeptibility to these types of scarring. They can be caused by surgery, an accident, or sometimes by acne.
Altenately, a scar can take the form of a sunken recess in the skin, which has a pitted appearance. These are caused when underlying structures supporting the skin, such as fat or muscle are lost. This type of scarring is commonly associated with acne, but can be caused by chickenpox, surgery or an accident.
Scars can also take the form of stretched skin. These are caused when the skin is stretched rapidly (for instance during pregnancy, or adolescent growth spurts), or when skin is put under tension during the healing process, (usually near joints). This type of scar usually improves in appearance after a few years.
Treatments for skin scars
No scar can ever be completely removed, they will always leave a trace, but their appearance can be improved by a number of means, including:
Simple treatments
Using creams that contain Vitamin E taking vitamin E supplements, or including plenty of vitamin E in a diet from sources such as wheat germ, nuts, vegatable oils, eggs and green vegetables, can help speed up the healing process, and lessen the appearance of any scar afterwards.
Cocoa butter cream can be used to help heal scars, and to prevent the formation of keloid scars.
Surgery
Any surgical scar removal will always leave a new scar that will take up to two years to mature. Surgery can never remove a scar but can be used to alter its allignment or shape to make it less noticeable.
Surgery can sometimes make the scar bigger, but improve its overall appearance. Surgery can sometimes be necessary to remove a scar on skin near a joint where it restricts movement.
In the case of hypertrophic or keloid scarring, surgery is not recomended, as there is a high risk of re-occurrence of possibly worse scarring following surgery.
Laser Surgery & Resurfacing
An experimental treatment, the safety or effectiveness of which has not yet been proven.
The redness of scars may be reduced by treatment with a vascular laser. It has been theorised that removing layers of skin with a carbon dioxide laser may help flatten scars, although this treatment is still highly experimental.
Steroid injections
A long term course of steroid injections under medical supervision, into the scar may help flatten and soften the appearance of keloid or hypertrophic scars.
The steroid is injected into the scar itself and very little is absorbed into the blood stream, side effects of this treatment are minor. This treatment is repeated at 4-6 week intervals.
Pressure garments
Pressure garments should be used only under supervision by a medical professional. They are most often used for burn scars that cover a large area, this treatment is only effective on recent scars.
Pressure garments are usually custom-made from elastic materials, and fit tightly around the scarring. They work best when they are worn 24 hours a day for six to twelve months.
It is believed that they work, by applying constant pressure to surface blood vessels, after a long period of wearing one scars flatten and become softer.
Radiotherapy
Low-dose, superficial radiotherapy, is used to prevent re-occurance of severe keloid and hypertrophic scarring. It is usually effective, but only used in extreme cases due to the risk of long-term side effects.
Dermabrasion
Dermabrasion involves the removal of the surface of the skin with specialist equipment and usually involves a general anaesthetic. It is useful when the scar is raised above the surrounding skin, but is less effective with sunken scars.
Collagen injections
Collagen injections can be used to raise sunken scars to the level of surrounding skin. Its effects are however temporary, and it needs to be regularly repeated. There is also a risk in some people of an allergic reaction.
Other treatments
There are also a number of gel sheets available which are usually made from silicon or polyurethane, which can help to flatten and soften raised scars if worn regularly.
See also: scar tissue, scarification, plastic surgery, dermatology
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scar."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SCAR | English | Standing Committee on Agricultural Research | Food & Agriculture |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ScarSynonyms: cicatrice (n), cicatrix (n), scar tissue (n), scrape (n), scratch (n), mark (v), pit (v), pock (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Blemish | Freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip, blubber lip; blain, maculation; scar, wem; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple; (protuberance). |
Land | Coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion; ancon. |
Record | Noun: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scar |
| English words defined with "scar": abscission ♦ bellybutton ♦ cheloid, cicatrize ♦ Escharotic ♦ hilum ♦ keloid, keratoacanthoma ♦ mark ♦ navel ♦ omphalos, omphalus ♦ photocoagulation, pit, pock ♦ scarify, Scarless, Scarring, Scarry, Scaur, slant, sword-cut ♦ trachoma ♦ umbilicus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scar": Balafré, Biliary Stricture ♦ cheloma, cicatricial ectropion, cicatricial entropion, Cicatrix, Hypertrophic ♦ IDENTIFIER, HORSE ♦ keloma, kelos ♦ radiation fibrosis ♦ TMA. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scar": Scarus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It'll scar you forever (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) Because if I do, the retinal scans will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank) And I got this scar sneaking under the door of a pay toilet (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) There's a long, jagged scar that runs all the way across his face (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote) There's always a scar, which I guess, is meant to remind you that even for a little while, someone made your heart beat faster, and that's a scar you can live with, proudly (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) | |
Lyrics | Scar tissue the I wish you saw (Scar Tissue; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers) And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye. (A Boy Named Sue; performing artist: Johnny Cash) But the scar, that scar remains (Every Rose Has Its Thorn; performing artist: Poison) What's that scar from on your throat (12 Year Old With A Gun; performing artist: The Jets) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blue Scar (1949) The Scar of Shame (1927) Scar Hanan (1925) The Purple Scar (1917) Scar Tissue (1979) | |
Song Titles | Scar Tissue (performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | White woman showing side view of nude breasts only, indicating breast reconstruction post mastectomy. Cicatrix (scar) is prominent and extending from nipple area to the underarm. Arm is completely raised and view of surgical scar is unobstructed. Nipple is missing. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Cut surface of gross autopsy specimen of liver showing diffuse pallor due to dense network of scar tissue (fibrosis, cirrhosis). Scarring has occurred in response to chronic injury from alcohol abuse. Credit: CDC. |
 | Scar on skin of upper leg representing healed lesion of leishmaniasis. Credit: CDC. |  | This scar on an arid landscape is the dry riverbed of the Ghadamis River in the Tinrhert Hamada Mountains near Ghadamis, Libya. Credit: NASA. |
 | Landslide scar at Hanning Bay C&GS surveys followed Good Friday Alaska earthquake of 1964 Earthquake triggered landslide in Hanning Bay Investigations off of HODGSON. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Proliferative retinopathy, an advanced form of diabetic retinopathy, occurs when abnormal new blood vessels and scar tissue form on the surface of the retina. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
 | Smack can leave a scar on your whole family. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| "A little scar in my finger" by Luis Alexandre Commentary: "I like this little scar in my finger.. i can't remind how i did it.. but i like it.." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
William James | Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar. ... Nothing we ever do is in strict scientific literalness wiped out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He looked upon that gigantic scar which imprinted heroism upon this face on which God had impressed goodness |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some of these cells also form scar tissue after injury. (references) | |
Once injured, Bowman's layer can form a scar as it heals. (references) | ||
More often, scar tissue may form in the urethra and cause narrowing. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For the hour and the day and the time are here to achieve progress without strife, to achieve change without hatred--not without difference of opinion, but without the deep and abiding divisions which scar the union for generations. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | But as we saw the consequences of what we had done, inevitable remorse and divisive recrimination would scar our spirit as a people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Scar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.35% of the time. "Scar" is used about 388 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.35% | 304 | 16,610 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.98% | 62 | 42,755 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.61% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.8% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 388 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scar": bole scar ♦ fire scar ♦ form a scar ♦ Leaf scar ♦ scar over ♦ scar tissue. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scar": scar-city, scar-crossed, scar-face, scar-faced, scar-like, scar-tissue. | |
Ending with "scar": coal-scar, non-scar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
scar | 759 | lyrics red hot chili pepper scar tissue | 46 |
acne scar | 447 | get rid of scar | 38 |
scar tissue | 333 | laser scar removal | 37 |
scar removal | 306 | get rid of acne scar | 35 |
acne scar treatment | 242 | make up for acne scar | 34 |
scar treatment | 215 | hypertrophic scar | 34 |
scar face | 155 | surgical scar | 33 |
acne scar removal | 111 | remove scar | 32 |
scar cream | 100 | vitamin e scar | 30 |
keloid scar | 96 | facial scar | 29 |
scar remover | 66 | scar of life | 27 |
scar zone | 62 | make up for scar | 24 |
scar therapy | 61 | scar guard | 23 |
scar reduction | 59 | scar surgery | 23 |
acne mederma scar treatment | 55 | burn scar | 22 |
acne healing mederma scar | 53 | chicken pox scar | 21 |
scar healing | 53 | brand mark mission scar | 21 |
scar revision | 49 | appear help scar smoother softer | 20 |
scar tissue lyrics | 48 | scar repair | 20 |
acne mederma removing scar treatment | 47 | lung scar tissue | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "scar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shkëmb i thiktë, rrëpirë (abruptness, chute, escarpment, scarp, steep), mbresë (impress, impression, print, seam), lë mbresë (Scaur). (various references) | |
Arabic | ندب (bewail, cicatrize, delegation, lament, mourn, mourn lament, wail, weep), تندب يلتئم مشكلا ندوبا, صخرة مغمورة, اثر الجرح في الجسم, أثر الجرح (cicatrix, seam), شج (scarf, score, scratch, slash). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стръмна скала (cliff), следа (footprint, ghost, odor, odour, print, rag, relic, relish, remnant, rudiment, savor, savour, scent, scintilla, shadow, show, shred, sign, spice, tang, touch, trace, track, trail, train, trait, vestige, whiff), рязка (incision, notch, ridge, score, streak, stria, stripe, weal, welt), оставям белег, зараствам с белег, белег (earmark, guide, impress, incision, marking, patent, peg, print, seam, sign, snick, stigma, sully, symptom, tincture, token, trace, vestige, weal, welt), правя рязка, правя белег, изпъкнала скала, драскотина (graze, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, streak). (various references) | |
Chinese | 痕 (traces), 疤痕 , 疤 , 瘢痕 , 伤痕. (various references) | |
Czech | zjizvit, zanechat jizvu, poznamenat (Nick, observe, remark, say), poškrábat (Mark, score, scrape, scratch), poškodit (aggrieve, corrupt, damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, prejudice, violate), jizva (Mark, Scaur, seam, stigma, Wale), šrám (gash). (various references) | |
Danish | SULF (Standing Committee on Agricultural Research), Det staaende udvalg for Landbrugsforskning (Standing Committee on Agricultural Research), Den staaende Komite for Landbrugsforskning (Standing Committee on Agricultural Research), CPRA (Standing Committee on Agricultural Research), cicatrix (cicatrix), cicatrice (cicatrix), ar (are, Argentina, Argentine Republic, cicatrix). (various references) | |
Dutch | litteken (banana scarring, cicatrix), wondteken. (various references) | |
Esperanto | cikatro. (various references) | |
Faeroese | arr. (various references) | |
Farsi | جای زخم یاسوختگی , اثرگناه , اثرزخم گذاشتن , اثرزخم داشتن , شکاف (Break, Chap, Chasm, Chink, Clef, Crack, Craze, Crevice, Cut, Fraction, Fracture, Hiatus, Incision, Interstice, Nick, Notch, Overture, Rake, Rip, Seam, Slash, Slit, Slither, Split, Suture). (various references) | |
Finnish | arpi (cicatrix). (various references) | |
French | cicatrice, balafre. (various references) | |
Frisian | groede (couch-grass). (various references) | |
German | Narbe (Cicatrice, cicatrix, pit, pock, pockmark, seam, stigma). (various references) | |
Greek | ουλή (cicatrix). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לצלק (cicatrize), צלקת (cicatrix), צלק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | sebhely (cicatrice, sore, stigma, stigmata), forradás (cicatrice, cicatrices, cicatrix, slash). (various references) | |
Indonesian | parut (grater, rasp, scratch), codet, bekas luka. (various references) | |
Italian | cicatrice (cicatrix, seam). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 跡 (mark, remains, ruins, sign, trace, tracks). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きずあと (cicatrix), きず (blemish, bruise, cut, defect, flaw, gash, hurt, injury, scratch, weak point, wound), そうい (consensus of opinion, difference, discrepancy, original idea, originality, priestly rank, priest's garb, variation, wound), そうこん (early marriage, grass roots), しょうこん (cicatrix, commercial spirit, invocation of the dead, perseverance), しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scratch, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound), ざんこん (vestige), ひきつり (cramp, spasm, twitch), ふるきず (old unpleasant incident, old wound), つめあと (fingernail mark, ravages, scratch), あと (after, behind, later, mark, rear, remainder, remains, ruins, sign, successor, trace, tracks). (various references) | |
Korean | 흉터. (various references) | |
Manx | screebage (cockleshell, flourish, scratch), scrabage (scratch, stroke), jannoo screebage, faagail cron er (spot, stain, stigmatize), cron (blemish, draw, frame, job lot, portion, speck, spot, stain, stigma). (various references) | |
Norwegian | arr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cicatriz (blemish, cicatrice, guide-mark, mark, marking, scab). (various references) | |
Romanian | stâncã abruptã, semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, mark, note, office, portent, print, property, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), tãieturã (cleft, cut, cutting, furrow, gash, hack, kerf, louver, make, Nick, notch, scission, scotch, section, set, slash, slit, snick, style), ranã (cut, gall, hurt, injury, raw, slash, sore, stab, wound), prãpastie (abysm, abyss, chaos, chasm, depth, disaster, gulf, hollow, precipice, ravine, steep), cicatrice (cicatrice, cicatrix). (various references) | |
Russian | шрам (chalk, cicatrice, scars, seam). (various references) | |
Scottish | earr, aileadh (impression, mark, trace). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | unakaziti ožiljkom, raniti (injure, traumatize, wing, wound), ožiljak (mark, trench), brazgotina (scotch). (various references) | |
Spanish | cicatriz (cicatrix, seam), lacra (bad habit). (various references) | |
Swedish | ärr (cicatrix, pit, welt), skråma (cut, scratch). (various references) | |
Turkish | sıyrık (abrasion, flesh wound, gall, graze, rawness, scrape, scratch), sıyırmak (abrade, bark, brush, crease, glance off, graze, hitch, scrape, shave, skim, skin, slip, slip off), yara izi (seam), yalçın kaya, kusur (blame, blemish, cavil, culpability, defalcation, default, defect, deficiency, demerit, failing, failure, fault, flaw, freckle, gaff, imperfection, inaccuracy, infirmity, remissness, shortcoming, stigma, taint, vice), kayalık (bluff, cliff, crag, rockwork, rocky, rocky place, rugged, scaur), iz bırakmak (etch, impress, leave behind, leave trace, pit, track), iz (birthmark, chip, clew, clue, dint, evidence, footprint, ghost, hint, ichno-, impress, impression, inkling, odor, odour, print, shades, shadow, sign, smack, stamp, stigma, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, track, trail, vestige, weal, wheal), geçmişin izi, dev kaya (scaur), çizmek (construct, cross out, depict, describe, draw, groove, limn, line, mark up, picture, plough, plow, rule, score, scratch, set, trace, write off), çizik (dint, score, scrape, scratch). (various references) | |
Turkmen | зapyk (fallen tree). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скеля (crag, hoe, rock), рубцюватися (cicatrize), рубцювати, рубець (cicatrix, paunch, rumen, score, tripe, welt, whelk), шрам (blemish, cicatrix, seam, welt), шлак (cinder, clinker, dross, scoria, sinter, slag), залишати рубці. (various references) | |
Welsh | craith. (various references) | |
Yucatec | ts'oy. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | eskhara. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cicatrice, cicatricem, cicatrices, cicatricis, cicatrix. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | escare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scar": scarab, scarabaei, scarabaeus, scarabaeuses, scarabs, scaramouch, scaramouche, scaramouches, scarce, scarcely, scarceness, scarcenesses, scarcer, scarcest, scarcities, scarcity, scare, scarecrow, scarecrows, scared, scarehead, scareheads, scaremonger, scaremongers, scarer, scarers, scares, scarey, scarf, scarfed, scarfing, scarfpin, scarfpins, scarfs, scarfskin, scarfskins, scarier, scariest, scarification, scarifications, scarified, scarifier, scarifiers, scarifies, scarify, scarifying, scarifyingly, scarily, scaring, scariose, scarious. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "scar": escar, lascar. (additional references) | |
Words containing "scar": ascariases, ascariasis, ascarid, ascarides, ascarids, ascaris, cascara, cascaras, cascarilla, cascarillas, discard, discardable, discarded, discarder, discarders, discarding, discards, discarnate, escargot, escargots, escarole, escaroles, escarp, escarped, escarping, escarpment, escarpments, escarps, escars, lascars, mascara, mascaraed, mascaraing, mascaras, mascarpone, mascarpones, miscarriage, miscarriages, miscarried, miscarries, miscarry, miscarrying, muscarine, muscarines, muscarinic, piscaries, piscary, unscarred. (additional references) | |
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"Scar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acar, ascar, Ccir, csar, csr, csra, ecar, escar, eschar, Eskra, essar, icar, lsca, ocar, oscr, saar, sacard, sacau, Sachar, sacor, sacr, sacri, sacro, sarc, sarr, sca, Scabra, Scad, scae, scaf, scag, scair, scal, scalr, scanro, scara, Scarbo, scarg, scaro, scart, scaru, scarv, Scatra, Scaur, scav, scaw, scbr, Scca, Scda, scea, sceaf, scear, scec, scer, Schaar, schar, Schara, Sciara, Scira, sciri, Sclar, scor, scr, scra, scrad, scraz, scurr, scurt, scurz, sdar, secca, sgar, siar, sicav, siccar, sjar, ska, skaz, skor, skr, skra, slar, smar, soccar, socor, spca, srar, ssr, suar, suca, svar, swar, szar, Ucar, Uscar, zcar, Zecar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scar" (pronounced skÄ"r) |
| 3 | -k Ä" r | car, Carr. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: arcs, cars. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arc, ars, car, ras, sac. | |
-2 letters: ar, as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acres, arcus, carbs, cards, cares, carks, carls, carns, carps, carrs, carse, carts, chars, crabs, crags, crams, craps, crash, crass, craws, czars, escar, marcs, narcs, orcas, races, racks, sacra, scare, scarf, scarp, scars, scart, scary, scaur, scrag, scram, scrap, serac. | |
+2 letters: acarus, acorns, across, actors, arches, arecas, braces, brachs, bracts, cabers, cadres, caesar, cagers, cairds, cairns, caners, capers, capris, carats, carbos, carers, caress, carets, cargos, caries, carles, carobs, carols, caroms, carpus, carses, cartes, carves, casern, caster, castor, caters, causer, cavers, cedars, cerias, cesura, chairs, charas, chards, chares, charks, charms, charrs, charts, chaser, cigars, claros, clears, coarse, cobras, copras, corals, corsac, costar, craals, cracks, crafts, crakes, cramps, cranes, cranks, crapes, crases, crasis, crates, craves, crawls, crazes, creaks, creams, crease, creasy, crissa, crista, croaks, cymars, darics, ericas, escarp, escars, eschar, facers, farces, fracas, francs, graces, lacers, lascar, macers, macros, nacres, narcos, pacers, parsec, racers, rachis, racism, racist, racons, rances, rascal, reacts, recaps, recast, sacker, sacral, sacred, sacrum, saucer, scalar, scaler, scarab, scarce, scared, scarer, scares, scarey, scarfs, scarph, scarps, scarry, scarts, scaurs, sclera, scoria, scrags, scrams, scrape, scraps, scrawl, screak, scream, scrota, search, secpar, seracs, soucar, sowcar, spacer, starch, tarocs, traces, tracks, tracts, triacs, vicars, wracks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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