PERE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PERE 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 PERE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,951.
What stands out about PERE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 PERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Father, used after a family name to mark an older relative apart from a son of the same name.
Pere is the French word for father, borrowed into English writing to distinguish two relatives who share a surname, most famously in the phrase Dumas pere for the elder of the two writers named Alexandre Dumas. It appears almost only in this labelling role, attached after a name, rather than as an everyday word for father. English keeps it as a small, deliberately French flourish in biography and literary history.
How PERE is used
Used chiefly after a surname, as in Dumas pere; not a common standalone word for father.
- Historians still write Dumas pere to separate him from his son.
- The programme listed Alexandre pere alongside his more famous son.
- Only pere among the family papers used the old spelling of the name.
- The critic referred simply to pere when comparing the two authors.
- She labelled the portrait Monsieur pere to avoid confusion with his son.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PERE
The 4 tiles of PERE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PERE
Showing 24 of 54 words that begin with PERE.
Words ending in PERE
6 words end in PERE. Useful as a back hook: play PERE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PERE inside
Showing 24 of 207 words that contain PERE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PERE
Common questions about PERE
- Is PERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERE worth?
- PERE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERE mean?
- Father, used after a family name to mark an older relative apart from a son of the same name.
- What letters can be added to PERE?
- PERE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PERE:
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