PARIES is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PARIES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARIES?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARIES is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARIES
No single letter turns PARIES into another word.
How PARIES scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PARIES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about PARIES
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 PARIES mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
The wall of a body cavity or a hollow organ, especially as described in anatomy.
Anatomists use paries for the enclosing wall of a structure such as the abdominal cavity, keeping the word mainly in technical descriptions and Latin-derived anatomical names rather than in everyday speech. The plural parietes appears in phrases describing the walls of several cavities at once, and the related adjective parietal, familiar from the parietal bone of the skull, comes from the same Latin root. Outside medical and anatomical writing the word is almost never used.
How PARIES is used
Technical anatomical term, found mainly in medical textbooks and Latin-based anatomical names.
- The textbook diagram labeled the paries of the abdominal cavity in Latin.
- A tumor had thickened part of the paries near the stomach wall.
- The surgeon examined the paries of the cyst before removing it.
- Students memorized the Latin term paries along with its related adjective.
- The report described damage to the paries of the chest cavity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARIES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARIES
The 6 tiles of PARIES in a different order — 5 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PARIES
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Common questions about PARIES
- Is PARIES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARIES, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARIES worth?
- PARIES is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARIES mean?
- The wall of a body cavity or a hollow organ, especially as described in anatomy.
- What letters can be added to PARIES?
- No single letter can be added to PARIES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PARIES:
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