PARAPH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PARAPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAPH?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAPH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAPH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paraphsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARAPH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PARAPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What does PARAPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature.
Medieval scribes and notaries liked to close a name with decorative loops, and a paraph of this kind was hard for a forger to copy exactly. The word comes from the same source as paragraph, since it began as a mark that set off a section of writing. It can also be used as a verb meaning to sign with a flourish or with initials. Today it is a specialist term, met mainly in discussions of old documents and handwriting.
How PARAPH is used
Rare outside writing about manuscripts, signatures and handwriting.
- The notary finished his name with a looping paraph.
- A bold paraph curled beneath the signature on the deed.
- Historians study each paraph to identify the scribe.
- The clerk added a neat paraph to prevent tampering.
- You can spot the forged letter by its clumsy paraph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAPH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARAPH
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with PARAPH.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAPH
Common questions about PARAPH
- Is PARAPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAPH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAPH worth?
- PARAPH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAPH mean?
- A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature.
- What letters can be added to PARAPH?
- PARAPH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PARAPH:
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