PARAPHILIA is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PARAPHILIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAPHILIA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAPHILIA is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAPHILIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARAPHILIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARAPHILIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAPHILIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAPHILIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
A psychiatric term for an intense and persistent sexual interest that is unusual in its object or manner.
Clinicians use paraphilia as a neutral label, separate from any crime or judgment. The classification of a paraphilia as a disorder depends on whether it causes distress or harm. The word is formal and mostly met in psychology and law.
How PARAPHILIA is used
Clinical term used in psychology, psychiatry and legal writing.
- The psychiatrist explained that a paraphilia is not always a disorder.
- The manual lists each paraphilia with its diagnostic criteria.
- Research on paraphilia requires careful, respectful methods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAPHILIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARAPHILIA
3 longer words begin with PARAPHILIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAPHILIA
Showing 40 of 106. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PARAPHILIA
- Is PARAPHILIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAPHILIA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAPHILIA worth?
- PARAPHILIA is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAPHILIA mean?
- A psychiatric term for an intense and persistent sexual interest that is unusual in its object or manner.
- What letters can be added to PARAPHILIA?
- PARAPHILIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARAPHILIA:
Open PARAPHILIA in the Word Finder