PARS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PARS 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 PARS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PARS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PARS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about PARS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PARS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Paragraphs, in the shorthand of newspapers and editing.
Pars is trade language: a sub-editor asks for three pars on something, and everybody understands that as a measure of length rather than of structure. The same four letters are the plural of the golf term and a verb form meaning to equal that score, and only the sentence around them tells you which is meant.
How PARS is used
Plural: two pars, a few pars. The singular is rare on its own in this sense.
- Give me four pars on it before six.
- The story ran to nine pars and could have been three.
- He cut two pars and nobody noticed which.
- A hundred pars a day is ordinary on a busy desk.
- The best pars in the piece are the ones nobody rewrote.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARS
The 4 tiles of PARS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PARS
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with PARS.
Words ending in PARS
8 words end in PARS. Useful as a back hook: play PARS onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARS inside
19 words contain PARS in the middle. Words that start with PARS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARS
Common questions about PARS
- Is PARS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARS worth?
- PARS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARS mean?
- Paragraphs, in the shorthand of newspapers and editing.
- What letters can be added to PARS?
- PARS takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PARS:
Open PARS in the Word Finder