PARK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARK?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does PARK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A public garden or an enclosed area of land.
Park meant an enclosed hunting ground before it meant anything public, and parking a vehicle came from military use: guns were parked in a fixed area. The two are the same word.
How PARK is used
Countable. Also a verb: parked, parking.
- A park was a hunting ground before it was public.
- The word park for a vehicle comes from artillery.
- They parked across two spaces and left a note.
- A car park and a public park are the same word.
- Two parks in one town and neither with a gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARK
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with PARK.
Words ending in PARK
9 words end in PARK. Useful as a back hook: play PARK onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARK inside
Showing 24 of 58 words that contain PARK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PARK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARK
Common questions about PARK
- Is PARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARK worth?
- PARK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARK mean?
- A public garden or an enclosed area of land.
- What letters can be added to PARK?
- PARK takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PARK:
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