PARREL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PARREL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARREL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARREL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARREL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
parrelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARREL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PARREL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does PARREL mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A collar or band of rope, wood, or metal that holds a ship's yard or spar loosely against the mast, allowing it to be raised, lowered, or turned.
Traditional sailing ships needed a way to keep a heavy yard close to the mast without lashing it so tightly that it could never move, and the parrel solved this by acting like a loose collar strung with wooden balls or rollers that let the yard slide up and down or turn as the sail was trimmed. Old rigging often used a set of small wooden trucks threaded like beads to reduce friction inside the parrel. The word is also spelled parral, a variant found in some older rigging manuals, though parrel remains the more common form today.
How PARREL is used
Nautical term, used mainly in descriptions of traditional square-rigged sailing ships.
- The rigger replaced the worn parrel before the ship put to sea.
- A wooden parrel let the yard slide freely up the mast.
- Sailors greased the parrel to stop it from binding in wet weather.
- The museum ship still has its original parrel and yard intact.
- The old manual described how to lash a new parrel onto the mast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARREL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARREL
1 longer words begin with PARREL.
Shorter words from the letters in PARREL
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Common questions about PARREL
- Is PARREL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARREL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARREL worth?
- PARREL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARREL mean?
- A collar or band of rope, wood, or metal that holds a ship's yard or spar loosely against the mast, allowing it to be raised, lowered, or turned.
- What letters can be added to PARREL?
- PARREL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PARREL:
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