PARABOLA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PARABOLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARABOLA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARABOLA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARABOLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARABOLA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PARABOLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARABOLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARABOLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A symmetrical open curve, such as the path of a ball thrown through the air.
A parabola is one of the conic sections, formed when a plane slices a cone parallel to its side. Satellite dishes and car headlights use its shape to focus signals and light. Students meet it first as the graph of a squared variable.
How PARABOLA is used
Common in mathematics, physics and engineering for a U-shaped curve.
- The ball followed a smooth parabola before landing.
- Draw the parabola by plotting points from the equation.
- A reflector shaped like a parabola sends light in a single beam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARABOLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARABOLA
4 longer words begin with PARABOLA.
Shorter words from the letters in PARABOLA
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Common questions about PARABOLA
- Is PARABOLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARABOLA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARABOLA worth?
- PARABOLA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARABOLA mean?
- A symmetrical open curve, such as the path of a ball thrown through the air.
- What letters can be added to PARABOLA?
- PARABOLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PARABOLA:
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