PARE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PARE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about PARE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 PARE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To trim away the outer skin or edge of something, especially with a knife, or to reduce something gradually in size or amount.
A cook will pare an apple by cutting away its skin in thin strips, and a manager may pare a budget down piece by piece. In both senses, pare means removing material a little at a time until only the essential part remains.
How PARE is used
Common in cooking and in figurative use for cutting costs or reducing something step by step.
- She began to pare the potatoes before boiling them.
- He used a small knife to pare his fingernails.
- The company had to pare its expenses to survive.
- They decided to pare the guest list down to close family.
- The chef showed us how to pare an apple in one long strip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARE
The 4 tiles of PARE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with PARE
Showing 24 of 72 words that begin with PARE.
Words ending in PARE
7 words end in PARE. Useful as a back hook: play PARE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARE inside
Showing 24 of 131 words that contain PARE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PARE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARE
Common questions about PARE
- Is PARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARE worth?
- PARE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARE mean?
- To trim away the outer skin or edge of something, especially with a knife, or to reduce something gradually in size or amount.
- What letters can be added to PARE?
- PARE takes 8 hooks: 1 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PARE:
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