PALAIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PALAIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALAIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALAIS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALAIS
No single letter turns PALAIS into another word.
How PALAIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PALAIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does PALAIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishhistorical
A public hall used for dancing, especially a large dance hall of the kind popular in Britain in the early and mid twentieth century.
Palais is a shortening of the French phrase palais de danse, literally a palace of dance, borrowed into British English for the big ballroom-style dance halls that thrived from the 1920s through the 1950s. Couples visited the local palais on weekend nights to dance to a live band, making it a central social venue in many British towns before television and other entertainment drew crowds away. Some of these buildings kept the word in their actual names, such as the Hammersmith Palais in London, which became well known through its music history. Today the word mostly survives in nostalgic references to that era of British social life rather than in describing any modern venue.
How PALAIS is used
British and mainly historical, recalling the dance halls popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.
- Her parents met at the local palais on a Saturday night.
- The old palais had a sprung floor built for dancing.
- Big bands once played every weekend at the seaside palais.
- He still remembered the smell of the palais on a busy night.
- The town's palais closed when dance halls fell out of fashion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALAIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PALAIS
- Is PALAIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALAIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALAIS worth?
- PALAIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALAIS mean?
- A public hall used for dancing, especially a large dance hall of the kind popular in Britain in the early and mid twentieth century.
- What letters can be added to PALAIS?
- No single letter can be added to PALAIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PALAIS:
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