PARSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PARSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARSE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about PARSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 12 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 PARSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To analyze a sentence, phrase or string of data into its component parts and describe how each part functions.
Parsing began as a grammar-school exercise in which students broke a sentence into subject, verb and object and named the part of speech of each word. Computing borrowed the same idea: a program parses source code or data by breaking it into tokens and checking that they fit the expected structure. The word is now used loosely for any careful breaking-down of something complicated, such as parsing a difficult argument or a dense legal clause. In every sense, to parse means taking something apart to see how it is built.
How PARSE is used
Common in grammar teaching and, especially today, in computing and data-processing contexts.
- The teacher asked the class to parse the sentence word by word.
- The compiler failed to parse the malformed line of code.
- It took her a moment to parse what he actually meant.
- The script parses the file and extracts every email address.
- He carefully parsed the contract before signing it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARSE
The 5 tiles of PARSE in a different order — 12 found.
Words starting with PARSE
6 longer words begin with PARSE.
Words ending in PARSE
2 words end in PARSE. Useful as a back hook: play PARSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PARSE inside
12 words contain PARSE in the middle. Words that start with PARSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PARSE
Showing 40 of 57. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PARSE
- Is PARSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARSE worth?
- PARSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARSE mean?
- To analyze a sentence, phrase or string of data into its component parts and describe how each part functions.
- What letters can be added to PARSE?
- PARSE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARSE:
Open PARSE in the Word Finder