PARAGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PARAGENESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAGENESIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAGENESIS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAGENESIS
No single letter turns PARAGENESIS into another word.
How PARAGENESIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PARAGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The order in which minerals formed in a rock, or a group of minerals that formed together.
Geologists study paragenesis to reconstruct the history of an ore deposit step by step. Two minerals found side by side are said to share a paragenesis if they crystallised in the same episode.
How PARAGENESIS is used
Paragenesis is a term of geology and mineralogy, seen in field reports and textbooks.
- The paragenesis of the vein begins with quartz.
- Microscope work revealed a complex paragenesis.
- Gold has a clear paragenesis in this deposit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAGENESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAGENESIS
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Common questions about PARAGENESIS
- Is PARAGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAGENESIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAGENESIS worth?
- PARAGENESIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAGENESIS mean?
- The order in which minerals formed in a rock, or a group of minerals that formed together.
- What letters can be added to PARAGENESIS?
- No single letter can be added to PARAGENESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PARAGENESIS:
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