PERMILLAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PERMILLAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERMILLAGE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERMILLAGE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERMILLAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
permillagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERMILLAGE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERMILLAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERMILLAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERMILLAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
A rate or amount reckoned per thousand.
Where a percentage counts in hundreds, permillage counts in thousands, which suits very small proportions such as blood alcohol or birth rates. It is a seldom-used term even among statisticians.
How PERMILLAGE is used
Permillage is rare and tends to appear in statistics and finance texts.
- The permillage of defects in the batch was very low.
- Tax was charged as a permillage of the property value.
- The table gives each result as a permillage rather than a percentage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERMILLAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERMILLAGE
1 longer words begin with PERMILLAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in PERMILLAGE
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Common questions about PERMILLAGE
- Is PERMILLAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERMILLAGE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERMILLAGE worth?
- PERMILLAGE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERMILLAGE mean?
- A rate or amount reckoned per thousand.
- What letters can be added to PERMILLAGE?
- PERMILLAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERMILLAGE:
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