PALLIASSE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PALLIASSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALLIASSE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALLIASSE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALLIASSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palliassesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALLIASSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PALLIASSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALLIASSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALLIASSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A thin mattress stuffed with straw, laid on the floor or a simple bed.
The palliasse was the bed of soldiers, servants and the poor, and it had to be refilled with fresh straw now and then. You meet it mostly in historical novels and in descriptions of prisons and barracks.
How PALLIASSE is used
Dated or historical; seen in writing about the past and in some military and camping contexts.
- The servants slept on a palliasse in the attic.
- He rolled out his palliasse beside the stove and fell asleep.
- The prison cell held nothing but a palliasse and a bucket.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALLIASSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PALLIASSE
The 9 tiles of PALLIASSE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PALLIASSE
1 longer words begin with PALLIASSE.
Shorter words from the letters in PALLIASSE
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Common questions about PALLIASSE
- Is PALLIASSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALLIASSE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALLIASSE worth?
- PALLIASSE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALLIASSE mean?
- A thin mattress stuffed with straw, laid on the floor or a simple bed.
- What letters can be added to PALLIASSE?
- PALLIASSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PALLIASSE:
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