PARALLAX is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PARALLAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARALLAX?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARALLAX is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARALLAX
No single letter turns PARALLAX into another word.
How PARALLAX scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PARALLAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARALLAX has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARALLAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The apparent shift in the position of an object when it is seen from two different points of view.
Hold a finger at arm's length and blink each eye in turn: it seems to jump against the background, and that jump is parallax. Astronomers use the tiny shift of a star over the year to measure how far away it is.
How PARALLAX is used
Used in astronomy, photography and optics.
- Astronomers measure the distance to nearby stars by their parallax.
- Parallax error can make a car's speedometer look wrong from the passenger seat.
- The camera viewfinder suffers from parallax at close range.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARALLAX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARALLAX
1 longer words begin with PARALLAX.
Shorter words from the letters in PARALLAX
Common questions about PARALLAX
- Is PARALLAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARALLAX, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARALLAX worth?
- PARALLAX is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARALLAX mean?
- The apparent shift in the position of an object when it is seen from two different points of view.
- What letters can be added to PARALLAX?
- No single letter can be added to PARALLAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PARALLAX:
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