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PARVENUES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PARVENUES Means

PARVENUES is a form of PARVENU, which means:

  1. adjective: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
  2. adjective: of or characteristic of a parvenu
  3. noun: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PARVENUES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 R1 V4 E1 N1 U1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PARVENUES

409 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.

8 letter words (3)

7 letter words (8)

6 letter words (47)

5 letter words (126)

4 letter words (127)

3 letter words (79)

2 letter words (19)

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