PARLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PARLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARLOUS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARLOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARLOUS
No single letter turns PARLOUS into another word.
How PARLOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PARLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does PARLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Full of danger or uncertainty; precarious or dire.
Parlous is an old form of perilous that survives in phrases such as parlous times or a parlous state. It suggests that things are in a worrying condition and could collapse at any moment.
How PARLOUS is used
Parlous sounds formal and slightly old-fashioned, used in journalism for shaky finances or politics.
- The company was in a parlous financial state.
- Those were parlous times for the small kingdom.
- The bridge had fallen into a parlous condition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARLOUS
3 longer words begin with PARLOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PARLOUS
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Common questions about PARLOUS
- Is PARLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARLOUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARLOUS worth?
- PARLOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARLOUS mean?
- Full of danger or uncertainty; precarious or dire.
- What letters can be added to PARLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to PARLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PARLOUS:
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