PARGYLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PARGYLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARGYLINE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARGYLINE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARGYLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pargylinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARGYLINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PARGYLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARGYLINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PARGYLINE
- All 9 letters of PARGYLINE are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 9 tiles also spell 2 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 PARGYLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A drug that blocks the enzyme monoamine oxidase, once used to treat high blood pressure.
Pargyline was one of the early monoamine oxidase inhibitors and was prescribed for hypertension and, in the past, for depression. Because pargyline can react badly with certain foods and other medicines, it has largely been replaced.
How PARGYLINE is used
Pharmacological term, found in medical history and drug references.
- Doctors once prescribed pargyline for severe hypertension.
- Pargyline belongs to a class of enzyme inhibitors.
- The textbook explains how pargyline affects brain chemistry.
- Patients taking pargyline had to avoid certain cheeses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARGYLINE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARGYLINE
The 9 tiles of PARGYLINE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PARGYLINE
1 longer words begin with PARGYLINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PARGYLINE
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Common questions about PARGYLINE
- Is PARGYLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARGYLINE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARGYLINE worth?
- PARGYLINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARGYLINE mean?
- A drug that blocks the enzyme monoamine oxidase, once used to treat high blood pressure.
- What letters can be added to PARGYLINE?
- PARGYLINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PARGYLINE:
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