PALAESTRA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PALAESTRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALAESTRA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALAESTRA is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALAESTRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALAESTRA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PALAESTRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALAESTRA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALAESTRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In ancient Greece and Rome, a public school or ground where young men trained in wrestling and other athletics.
The palaestra was often part of a larger gymnasium and had an open courtyard surrounded by rooms for bathing and talk. By extension, writers sometimes use the word for any place of training or contest.
How PALAESTRA is used
Used in classical history and in literary writing about physical or mental training grounds.
- The young men practised wrestling in the palaestra every morning.
- Excavators uncovered the columns of a Roman palaestra near the baths.
- He called the debating society a palaestra for the mind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALAESTRA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALAESTRA
3 longer words begin with PALAESTRA.
Shorter words from the letters in PALAESTRA
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Common questions about PALAESTRA
- Is PALAESTRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALAESTRA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALAESTRA worth?
- PALAESTRA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALAESTRA mean?
- In ancient Greece and Rome, a public school or ground where young men trained in wrestling and other athletics.
- What letters can be added to PALAESTRA?
- PALAESTRA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PALAESTRA:
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