What PARRIES Means
PARRIES is a form of PARRY, which means:
- noun: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- noun: a return punch (especially by a boxer)
- verb: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)“block an attack”
- verb: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)“He dodged the issue”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PARRIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 R1 R1 I1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of PARRIES (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PARRIES
170 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 (23)
5 letter words (43)
4 letter words (49)
3 letter words (42)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.