PARCH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PARCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARCH?
| 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 PARCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARCH
Front hooks — 1
eparchBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PARCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does PARCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make or become extremely dry, especially through the heat of the sun or a fire.
To parch land is to leave it cracked and lifeless after weeks without rain, while a fierce sun can parch skin, throat or crops just as easily. The word is often used for the discomfort of a dry mouth or throat, as in feeling parched after a long walk without water. Farmers watch anxiously as drought can parch fields that depend on regular rainfall to produce a harvest. The sense of dryness caused by heat runs through nearly every use of the word, whether applied to land, plants or the human body.
How PARCH is used
Common in describing drought-stricken land, dry skin or throat, and the effect of prolonged heat.
- The summer sun continued to parch the already cracked fields.
- Hours in the desert left his throat completely parched.
- Weeks without rain began to parch the once-green hillside.
- The wind off the desert seemed to parch everything it touched.
- She kept a bottle of water nearby so the heat would not parch her throat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARCH
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with PARCH.
Words ending in PARCH
4 words end in PARCH. Useful as a back hook: play PARCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARCH inside
11 words contain PARCH in the middle. Words that start with PARCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARCH
Common questions about PARCH
- Is PARCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARCH worth?
- PARCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARCH mean?
- To make or become extremely dry, especially through the heat of the sun or a fire.
- What letters can be added to PARCH?
- PARCH takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARCH:
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