PARED is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PARED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARED?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARED is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARED
Front hooks — 1
sparedBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PARED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about PARED
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 PARED mean in Scrabble?
verb
To have cut away the outer layer or the excess — the past form of pare.
Pare is a knife word first — an apple, a nail, a hoof — and a budget word second, and the second use has nearly taken it over: costs are pared far more often than fruit. The figurative sense keeps the original picture, which is why pared down suggests care rather than damage.
How PARED is used
Past tense and past participle of pare. Very common in pared down and pared back.
- The budget was pared down twice and still failed.
- She pared the apple in one unbroken strip.
- They pared the staff back to eleven people.
- A pared design shows every mistake in it.
- He pared the hoof and the horse walked sound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARED
The 5 tiles of PARED in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in PARED
12 words end in PARED. Useful as a back hook: play PARED onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARED inside
6 words contain PARED in the middle. Words that start with PARED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARED
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Common questions about PARED
- Is PARED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARED, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARED worth?
- PARED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARED mean?
- To have cut away the outer layer or the excess — the past form of pare.
- What letters can be added to PARED?
- PARED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARED:
Open PARED in the Word Finder