PARAGOGE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PARAGOGE 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 PARAGOGE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAGOGE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAGOGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paragogesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARAGOGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PARAGOGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAGOGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAGOGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The addition of a sound or letter to the end of a word.
Linguists point to paragoge when a speaker says "acrosst" for across or "heighth" for height. Over time such additions can become standard spellings, as with the t in amongst. The term is the opposite of cutting a sound off the end.
How PARAGOGE is used
A linguistics term for adding a final sound, seen in dialect and word history.
- The extra t in "amidst" is an old case of paragoge.
- Students of phonetics learn paragoge alongside other sound changes.
- Paragoge often appears when a word is borrowed into another language.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAGOGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARAGOGE
1 longer words begin with PARAGOGE.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAGOGE
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Common questions about PARAGOGE
- Is PARAGOGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAGOGE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAGOGE worth?
- PARAGOGE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAGOGE mean?
- The addition of a sound or letter to the end of a word.
- What letters can be added to PARAGOGE?
- PARAGOGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PARAGOGE:
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