PARD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about PARD
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
poetic
An old literary word for a leopard.
A pard appears mainly in older poetry and literature as another name for a large spotted cat. Writers reached for the term to evoke an exotic or fierce image rather than for scientific description.
How PARD is used
Encountered almost only in older poetry or literary texts.
- The poem described a pard prowling through the moonlit jungle.
- Ancient bestiaries listed the pard among the fiercest cats.
- A spotted pard was carved into the temple wall.
- The old ballad compared the warrior to a swift pard.
- Scholars debated whether the pard in the text meant a leopard or panther.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARD
The 4 tiles of PARD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PARD
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with PARD.
Words ending in PARD
5 words end in PARD. Useful as a back hook: play PARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARD inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain PARD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARD
Common questions about PARD
- Is PARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARD worth?
- PARD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARD mean?
- An old literary word for a leopard.
- What letters can be added to PARD?
- PARD takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PARD:
Open PARD in the Word Finder