PARGET is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PARGET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARGET?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARGET is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARGET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pargetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARGET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PARGET, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does PARGET mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Plaster or mortar spread on walls or chimney flues, often moulded into a decorative pattern.
Pargeting is the craft of decorating the outside of timber-framed houses with raised patterns pressed into wet plaster, and it is especially associated with the east of England. Parget is the material itself, and as a verb it means to coat a wall with it. Older writers also used the word for face paint or cosmetics.
How PARGET is used
Technical; used of building work, mostly in Britain.
- The mason mixed lime and sand to make parget.
- Floral shapes were pressed into the fresh parget.
- They used parget to line the inside of the chimney.
- The parget on the old cottage had begun to crack.
- A band of parget ran under the gable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARGET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARGET
11 longer words begin with PARGET.
Shorter words from the letters in PARGET
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Common questions about PARGET
- Is PARGET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARGET, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARGET worth?
- PARGET is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARGET mean?
- Plaster or mortar spread on walls or chimney flues, often moulded into a decorative pattern.
- What letters can be added to PARGET?
- PARGET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PARGET:
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