PARVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PARVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARVE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARVE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARVE
No single letter turns PARVE into another word.
How PARVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PARVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about PARVE
- The same 5 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 PARVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
In Jewish dietary law, containing neither meat nor dairy ingredients, so permitted to be eaten with either a meat meal or a dairy meal.
A food labeled parve fits between the two central categories of kosher cooking, meat and dairy, which observant Jews are required to keep separate at every meal. Fruits, vegetables, eggs, fish, and grains are naturally parve, and packaged foods carry a small symbol on the label confirming the parve status once a rabbinical authority has checked the ingredients and the equipment used to prepare them. The word comes from Yiddish, and cooks rely on parve alternatives, such as non-dairy margarine, to make desserts that can follow a meat meal without breaking dietary rules.
How PARVE is used
Used mainly in the context of Jewish dietary law and kosher food labeling.
- The recipe called for a parve margarine instead of butter.
- A small symbol on the package confirmed the soup was parve.
- She served a parve dessert so it could follow the meat course.
- The bakery kept a separate oven for parve and dairy goods.
- He checked the label to make sure the crackers were parve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PARVE
The 5 tiles of PARVE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PARVE
4 longer words begin with PARVE.
Shorter words from the letters in PARVE
Common questions about PARVE
- Is PARVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARVE worth?
- PARVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARVE mean?
- In Jewish dietary law, containing neither meat nor dairy ingredients, so permitted to be eaten with either a meat meal or a dairy meal.
- What letters can be added to PARVE?
- No single letter can be added to PARVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PARVE:
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