Is PARRICIDES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PARRICIDES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PARRICIDES mean?
Parricides is a form of PARRICIDE.
- noun
someone who kills his or her parent
- noun
the murder of your own father or mother
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + A (1) + R (1) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + I (1) + D (2) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for PARRICIDES
PARRICIDES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from PARRICIDES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cirripeds14
- parricide14
- cirriped13
- peracids13
- disrepair12
- crispier12
- perisarc12
- piracies12
- crisped12
- peracid12
- percids12
- redcaps12
- scarped12
- scraped12
- presidia11
- carpers11
- crisper11
- episcia11
- pricers11
- pricier11
- scarper11
- scraper11
- scrapie11
- spacier11
- spicier11
- adipic11
- capsid11
- carped11
- craped11
- percid11
- priced11
- redcap11
- scaped11
- spaced11
- spiced11
- prairies10
- acrider10
- aspired10
- carders10
- carried10
- despair10
- diapers10
- diapirs10
- drapers10
- parried10
- peridia10
- praised10
- radices10
- rapider10
- scarred10
- sidecar10
- sparred10
- apices10
- capers10
- capris10
- carper10
- crapes10
- cripes10
- escarp10
- pacers10
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