PARENTHESES is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PARENTHESES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
p3a1r1e1n1t1h4e1s1e1s1
PlayablePARENTHESES · 11 letters · 16 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF
16points in Scrabble
17points in Words with Friends
11letters
0hooks available
Which word lists accept PARENTHESES?
| 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: 30 / 100
30WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%1.45
Hooks 25%0
Bingo potential 20%no
Tile availability 20%6.82%
Our own measure of how useful PARENTHESES is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARENTHESES
No single letter turns PARENTHESES into another word.
How PARENTHESES scores
Scrabble p3a1r1e1n1t1h4e1s1e1s1 16
Words with Friends p4a1r1e1n2t1h3e1s1e1s1 17
Face value of the 11 tiles in PARENTHESES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARENTHESES has to be built on the board across turns.
Shorter words from the letters in PARENTHESES
pantheress15 aphereses14 enspheres14 phreneses14 spreathes14 spreethes14 stephanes14 enhearses12 hasteners12 thereness12 threeness12 apertness11 pareneses11 peartness11 pretenses11 taperness11 serenates9 ensphere13 haptenes13 hepsters13 heptanes13 herpeses13 panthers13 phenates13 phereses13 preheats13 reshapes13 sharpens13 sharpest13 sparthes13 sperthes13 sphaeres13 spheares13 spreathe13 spreethe13 stephane13 antheses11 arsheens11 enhearse11 hastener11
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Common questions about PARENTHESES
- Is PARENTHESES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARENTHESES, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARENTHESES worth?
- PARENTHESES is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to PARENTHESES?
- No single letter can be added to PARENTHESES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PARENTHESES:
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