PARAGLIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PARAGLIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAGLIDE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAGLIDE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAGLIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARAGLIDE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PARAGLIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAGLIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAGLIDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fly through the air hanging from a light, steerable wing-shaped parachute launched from a slope.
To paraglide is to take off on foot from a hillside and ride the rising air for as long as conditions allow. It differs from skydiving because the flight begins on the ground rather than from an aircraft.
How PARAGLIDE is used
Paraglide is a sport verb, used in travel and adventure writing.
- We watched people paraglide from the ridge at sunset.
- She learned to paraglide during a summer in the Alps.
- You can paraglide only when the wind is gentle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAGLIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARAGLIDE
4 longer words begin with PARAGLIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAGLIDE
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Common questions about PARAGLIDE
- Is PARAGLIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAGLIDE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAGLIDE worth?
- PARAGLIDE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAGLIDE mean?
- To fly through the air hanging from a light, steerable wing-shaped parachute launched from a slope.
- What letters can be added to PARAGLIDE?
- PARAGLIDE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PARAGLIDE:
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