POURPARLER is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POURPARLER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POURPARLER?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POURPARLER is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POURPARLER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pourparlersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POURPARLER scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in POURPARLER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POURPARLER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POURPARLER mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An informal discussion held before official negotiations begin.
Diplomats hold a pourparler to test the ground and learn what the other side will accept. It is usually met in the plural, pourparlers, and it sounds more formal than a simple chat.
How POURPARLER is used
A French borrowing; most often seen in the plural in diplomatic and business writing.
- The envoys held a quiet pourparler before the talks opened.
- A short pourparler cleared up the main objections.
- Their pourparler took place over dinner, away from the press.
- He treated the meeting as a pourparler, not a binding negotiation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POURPARLER and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POURPARLER
1 longer words begin with POURPARLER.
Shorter words from the letters in POURPARLER
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Common questions about POURPARLER
- Is POURPARLER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POURPARLER, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POURPARLER worth?
- POURPARLER is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POURPARLER mean?
- An informal discussion held before official negotiations begin.
- What letters can be added to POURPARLER?
- POURPARLER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of POURPARLER:
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