PARENCHYMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. PARENCHYMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARENCHYMAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARENCHYMAL is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARENCHYMAL
No single letter turns PARENCHYMAL into another word.
How PARENCHYMAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PARENCHYMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARENCHYMAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARENCHYMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalbotany
Relating to parenchyma, the main working tissue of an organ, or the soft basic tissue of a plant.
In medicine, parenchymal disease affects the functional part of an organ such as the lung or liver instead of its supporting frame. Botanists use the same word for the soft cells that store food and fill most of a plant body.
How PARENCHYMAL is used
Parenchymal is used in medical imaging and botany, usually before nouns such as tissue, cells or disease.
- The scan showed parenchymal damage in the left lung.
- Parenchymal cells in the stem store starch for the plant.
- Doctors checked whether the disease was parenchymal or vascular.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARENCHYMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PARENCHYMAL
- Is PARENCHYMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARENCHYMAL, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARENCHYMAL worth?
- PARENCHYMAL is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARENCHYMAL mean?
- Relating to parenchyma, the main working tissue of an organ, or the soft basic tissue of a plant.
- What letters can be added to PARENCHYMAL?
- No single letter can be added to PARENCHYMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PARENCHYMAL:
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