PARR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PARR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARR?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARR is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PARR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does PARR mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A young salmon at the freshwater stage of its life, before it develops the silvery coat and migrates to the sea.
A parr is easy to tell from an adult salmon by the dark rounded marks along its sides. It stays in the river as a parr until it changes into a smolt and heads downstream to the sea. The word therefore marks one specific early stage in the fish's life.
How PARR is used
Specialist term used by anglers and biologists describing young salmon and trout.
- The stream was full of young parr in early summer.
- A parr can be identified by the dark bars on its flanks.
- Biologists counted the parr before they migrated downstream.
- The parr will become a smolt within a year or two.
- Fishermen are asked to return any parr caught by accident.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARR
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with PARR.
Words with PARR inside
23 words contain PARR in the middle. Words that start with PARR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARR
Common questions about PARR
- Is PARR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARR, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARR worth?
- PARR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARR mean?
- A young salmon at the freshwater stage of its life, before it develops the silvery coat and migrates to the sea.
- What letters can be added to PARR?
- PARR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PARR:
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