PARA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does PARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
In an obstetric record, a woman's para is the number of times she has given birth to a child able to survive outside the womb.
Doctors and midwives note a patient as para followed by a number, so a woman recorded as para two has given birth twice. The term lets a chart summarise childbirth history in a single word, alongside the related term gravida for the number of pregnancies.
How PARA is used
Technical medical shorthand; rarely used outside obstetric records and clinical notes.
- The chart listed her as gravida three, para two.
- A woman who has never given birth is recorded as para zero.
- The midwife updated the patient's para after the delivery.
- His notes compared the para of two different patients.
- The record showed a rising para with each pregnancy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARA
The 4 tiles of PARA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PARA
Showing 24 of 700 words that begin with PARA.
Words ending in PARA
7 words end in PARA. Useful as a back hook: play PARA onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARA inside
Showing 24 of 210 words that contain PARA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PARA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARA
Common questions about PARA
- Is PARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARA worth?
- PARA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARA mean?
- In an obstetric record, a woman's para is the number of times she has given birth to a child able to survive outside the womb.
- What letters can be added to PARA?
- PARA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PARA:
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