PARLY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. PARLY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PARLY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARLY
No single letter turns PARLY into another word.
How PARLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PARLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
An informal, clipped form of the word parliament.
Parly turns up in British political speech and journalism as a quick, familiar way to say parliament, in much the same way that gym stands in for gymnasium. The clipping keeps the stress on the first syllable and drops everything after it. A completely unrelated sense survives in Scots, where parly also names a type of gingerbread biscuit.
How PARLY is used
Informal; heard in spoken British English and casual political writing rather than in formal documents.
- Parly reconvenes on Monday after the recess.
- She works as a parly reporter for a London paper.
- The bill cleared parly by a narrow margin.
- He calls it parly the way others say the House.
- Parly gossip travels faster than official statements.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARLY
The 5 tiles of PARLY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PARLY
Common questions about PARLY
- Is PARLY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PARLY is not in it.
- How many points is PARLY worth?
- PARLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARLY mean?
- An informal, clipped form of the word parliament.
- What letters can be added to PARLY?
- No single letter can be added to PARLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARLY:
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