NONPAREIL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NONPAREIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONPAREIL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONPAREIL is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONPAREIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nonpareilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONPAREIL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NONPAREIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONPAREIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONPAREIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A person or thing so excellent that nothing else can be set beside it.
The nonpareil is the standard against which everything else is measured, so the word works as high praise. In the kitchen it also names tiny sugar beads sprinkled over sweets, and in old printing it was a small type size.
How NONPAREIL is used
Used in admiring writing about a performer, a craftsman or a product that has no equal.
- The critics called her a nonpareil among concert pianists of her generation.
- Our grandmother was a nonpareil in the kitchen, and nobody matched her pastry.
- He set out to build the nonpareil of racing yachts.
- The cupcakes were dusted with a nonpareil of coloured sugar beads.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONPAREIL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONPAREIL
1 longer words begin with NONPAREIL.
Shorter words from the letters in NONPAREIL
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Common questions about NONPAREIL
- Is NONPAREIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONPAREIL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONPAREIL worth?
- NONPAREIL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONPAREIL mean?
- A person or thing so excellent that nothing else can be set beside it.
- What letters can be added to NONPAREIL?
- NONPAREIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NONPAREIL:
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