What PARLAYS Means
PARLAYS is a form of PARLAY, which means:
- noun: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers
- verb: stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PARLAYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 R1 L1 A1 Y4 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PARLAYS
110 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (26)
ALAPSALARYALAYSAPAYSARPASARYLSASYLAPAALSPALASPALAYPALSYPARASPARLYPLAASPLAYAPLAYSPRAYSPYRALRASPYRAYASRYALSSALPASPLAYSPRAYSPYALYAARS
4 letter words (39)
AALSALAPALARALASALAYALPSAPAYARPAARSYARYLASARLAPSLARSLAYSLYRAPAALPALSPALYPARAPARSPAYSPLAYPRAYPRYSPYASRAPSRASPRAYARAYSRYALRYASSALPSLAPSLAYSPARSPAYSPRYYAARYAPS
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (8)
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