The word parenthesis is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • parenthesis n. A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage…
  • parenthesis n. Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
  • parenthesis n. (Rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.

33 valid words from 3 definitions

AMPLIFICATION AND BRACKETS CLAUSE DIGRESSION DIGRESSIONS EITHER ENCLOSE ESPECIALLY EXPLANATION FOR IN INSERTED INTO IS MATERIAL OF OR PAIR PARENTHETICAL PASSAGE PHRASE RHETORIC ROUND SUCH TEXT THE TO USE USED USUALLY WHICH WORD

20 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AR ARE EN ES HE HES IS NTH PA PAR PARE PAREN PARENT RE REN RENT SI SIS THE THESIS

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

EH ER ERA IS NE RAP SI SIS

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

INTERPHASES

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

PARENTHESES

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PARENTHESISE PARENTHESISED PARENTHESISES PARENTHESISING

5 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A PHEASANTRIES
+E PARENTHESISE
+G SERGEANTSHIP
+I TRAINEESHIPS
+J SERJEANTSHIP

10 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-H PISTAREENS SPARTEINES
-I PANTHERESS
-N SPHAERITES THERAPISES
-P EARTHINESS HEARTINESS
-S ANTIHERPES INTERPHASE
-T SERAPHINES

Scrabble scoring

  • 16 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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