PARGE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PARGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARGE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARGE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about PARGE
- 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 PARGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To coat or line a wall, chimney, or other surface with plaster or mortar, often to seal or smooth it.
Builders parge the inside of a chimney flue or the surface of a rough wall with a thin coat of mortar or plaster, sealing small gaps and giving an otherwise uneven surface a smoother finish. The technique is common in older masonry construction, where a chimney's rough brick or stone interior is parged to reduce the risk of sparks or heat escaping through hidden cracks. A related, more decorative building craft called pargeting covers exterior walls with patterned plasterwork, particularly in traditional English timber-framed houses. The verb and its noun form parget both come from an old French word for plaster, and either spelling can describe the same basic act of coating a surface.
How PARGE is used
A technical building term, used chiefly of plastering chimney flues and, in its related noun form, of decorative exterior plasterwork.
- The mason parged the inside of the old chimney.
- Workers used a trowel to parge the rough brick wall.
- The inspector checked whether the flue had been properly parged.
- They plan to parge the cellar walls before painting.
- A thin layer of mortar was used to parge the crumbling surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARGE
The 5 tiles of PARGE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PARGE
14 longer words begin with PARGE.
Words ending in PARGE
1 words end in PARGE. Useful as a back hook: play PARGE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARGE inside
4 words contain PARGE in the middle. Words that start with PARGE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARGE
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Common questions about PARGE
- Is PARGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARGE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARGE worth?
- PARGE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARGE mean?
- To coat or line a wall, chimney, or other surface with plaster or mortar, often to seal or smooth it.
- What letters can be added to PARGE?
- PARGE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARGE:
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