PARGO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PARGO 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 PARGO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARGO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pargosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARGO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does PARGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A food fish of the sea bream family, especially species caught in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking coastal regions; a type of snapper or bream.
Fishermen and cooks along Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking coasts use pargo as a general name for various edible, deep-bodied fish in the sea bream and snapper families, prized for their firm white flesh. The word appears often on restaurant menus in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean, sometimes qualified with a colour or region, such as pargo rojo for a red-fleshed variety. Because pargo covers several related species rather than one single fish, its exact meaning can shift slightly from one coastal region to another. English borrowed the word directly from Spanish, and it now appears in English-language cookbooks and seafood guides covering Latin American and Caribbean cuisine.
How PARGO is used
Used in English mainly in cooking and seafood writing about Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean cuisine, naming various sea bream and snapper species.
- The market stall displayed a fresh pargo on ice.
- She grilled the whole pargo with lime and garlic.
- The menu listed pargo alongside other local catches.
- Fishermen brought in a large pargo before dawn.
- The recipe called for a firm-fleshed fish such as pargo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARGO
2 longer words begin with PARGO.
Shorter words from the letters in PARGO
Common questions about PARGO
- Is PARGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARGO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARGO worth?
- PARGO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARGO mean?
- A food fish of the sea bream family, especially species caught in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking coastal regions; a type of snapper or bream.
- What letters can be added to PARGO?
- PARGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARGO:
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