Definition of parallel

"parallel" in the noun sense

1. analogue, analog, parallel

something having the property of being analogous to something else

2. latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel

an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

3. parallel

mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes

"parallels never meet"

"parallel" in the verb sense

1. parallel

be parallel to

"Their roles are paralleled by ours"

2. parallel, collimate

make or place parallel to something

"They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

3. twin, duplicate, parallel

duplicate or match

"The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

"parallel" in the adjective sense

1. parallel

being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting

"parallel lines never converge"

"concentric circles are parallel"

"dancers in two parallel rows"

2. parallel

of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations

"parallel processing"

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Quotations for parallel

A loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the wilderness and solitary place, and sows with flowers the gray desolation of rock and mosses. [ Whittier ]

The parallel circumstances and kindred images to which we readily conform our minds are, above all other writings, to be found in the lives of particular persons, and therefore no species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography. [ Dr. Johnson ]

parallel in Scrabble®

The word parallel is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters parallel:

PARALLEL
(99)
PARALLEL
(99)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word parallel

PARALLEL
(99)
PARALLEL
(99)
PARALLEL
(66)
PARALLEL
(66)
PARALLEL
(40)
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PARALLEL
(39)
PARALLEL
(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(28)
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(26)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
PARALLEL
(20)
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(20)
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(20)
PARALLEL
(20)
PARALLEL
(18)
PARALLEL
(15)
PARALLEL
(15)
PARALLEL
(14)
PARALLEL
(14)
PARALLEL
(14)
PARALLEL
(13)
PARALLEL
(13)
PARALLEL
(12)
PARALLEL
(12)
PARALLEL
(12)
PARALLEL
(12)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In parallel

PARALLEL
(99)
PARALLEL
(99)
PARALLEL
(66)
PARALLEL
(66)
PARALLEL
(40)
PARALLEL
(40)
PARALLEL
(39)
PAELLA
(33)
PARALLEL
(33)
PARALLEL
(33)
PARALLEL
(33)
PARALLEL
(33)
PARALLEL
(33)
PALER
(30)
PALEA
(30)
PEARL
(30)
PARALLEL
(28)
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PAELLA
(28)
PARALLEL
(28)
PEAR
(27)
LEAP
(27)
PAELLA
(27)
PARE
(27)
PAELLA
(27)
PALL
(27)
PAELLA
(27)
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(27)
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(27)
PALE
(27)
PEAL
(27)
REAP
(27)
PLEA
(27)
PARALLEL
(26)
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(26)
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(26)
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(26)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
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(24)
PEARL
(24)
PARALLEL
(24)
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(22)
PAELLA
(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
PARALLEL
(22)
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(22)
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(21)
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(21)
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(21)
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(15)
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parallel in Words With Friends™

The word parallel is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters parallel:

PARALLEL
(108)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word parallel

PARALLEL
(108)
PARALLEL
(96)
PARALLEL
(72)
PARALLEL
(72)
PARALLEL
(66)
PARALLEL
(64)
PARALLEL
(60)
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(60)
PARALLEL
(60)
PARALLEL
(56)
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(56)
PARALLEL
(54)
PARALLEL
(48)
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(48)
PARALLEL
(44)
PARALLEL
(36)
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(36)
PARALLEL
(36)
PARALLEL
(32)
PARALLEL
(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
PARALLEL
(30)
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(30)
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(28)
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(26)
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(24)
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(21)
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(20)
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(19)
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PARALLEL
(16)
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(16)
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(15)
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(15)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In parallel

PARALLEL
(108)
PARALLEL
(96)
PARALLEL
(72)
PARALLEL
(72)
PARALLEL
(66)
PARALLEL
(64)
PAELLA
(63)
PARALLEL
(60)
PARALLEL
(60)
PARALLEL
(60)
PAELLA
(57)
PARALLEL
(56)
PARALLEL
(56)
PARALLEL
(54)
PEARL
(51)
PAELLA
(51)
PALL
(51)
PALEA
(51)
PALER
(51)
PARALLEL
(48)
PALE
(48)
PLEA
(48)
LEAP
(48)
PARALLEL
(48)
PEAL
(48)
PAELLA
(45)
PAELLA
(45)
REAP
(45)
PEAR
(45)
PARE
(45)
PARALLEL
(44)
PAELLA
(44)
PAELLA
(44)
LAPEL
(42)
LAPEL
(42)
LAPEL
(40)
PAELLA
(39)
PEARL
(39)
PAELLA
(39)
PALL
(39)
PAELLA
(39)
PAELLA
(38)
PARALLEL
(36)
LAPEL
(36)
PALER
(36)
PALEA
(36)
PEARL
(36)
LEAP
(36)
LAPEL
(36)
PARALLEL
(36)
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(36)
PEAL
(36)
PEARL
(34)
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(34)
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(34)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(32)
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PAELLA
(30)
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AREAL
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(30)
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Words within the letters of parallel

2 letter words in parallel (7 words)

3 letter words in parallel (14 words)

4 letter words in parallel (14 words)

5 letter words in parallel (5 words)

6 letter words in parallel (1 word)

8 letter words in parallel (1 word)

parallel + 1 blank (2 words)

parallel + 2 blanks (2 words)

Word Growth involving parallel

Shorter words in parallel

all

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ar par

pa par

Longer words containing parallel

nonparallel nonparallelisable

nonparallel nonparallelizable

parallela

paralleled unparalleled

parallelepiped parallelepipedon

paralleling

parallelisable nonparallelisable

parallelisable unparallelisable

parallelisation parallelisations

parallelise parallelised

parallelise paralleliser autoparalleliser autoparallelisers

parallelise paralleliser parallelisers autoparallelisers

parallelise parallelises

parallelising

parallelism parallelisms

parallelist parallelistic parallelistical parallelistically

parallelist parallelists

parallelizable nonparallelizable

parallelizable unparallelizable

parallelization parallelizations

parallelize parallelized

parallelize parallelizer autoparallelizer autoparallelizers

parallelize parallelizer parallelizers autoparallelizers

parallelize parallelizes

parallelizing

parallelled unparallelled

parallelless

parallelling

paralleloflatitude

parallelogram parallelogrammatic parallelogrammatical parallelogrammatically

parallelogram parallelograms

parallelopiped parallelopipedon parallelopipedons

parallels

ultraparallel