Definition of parentheses

"parentheses" in the noun sense

1. parenthesis

either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

2. digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis

a message that departs from the main subject

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Quotations for parentheses

The censure of frequent and long parentheses has led writers into the preposterous expedient of leaving out the marks by which they are indicated. It is no cure to a lame man to take away his crutches. [ Whately ]

parentheses in Scrabble®

The word parentheses 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters parentheses:

PARENTHESES
(153)
PARENTHESES
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (75 words)

anthers, aptness, arsheen, asperse, earnest, earthen, eastern, ensears, entraps, entrees, ethanes, ethenes, hapters, harness, hastens, heapers, hearses, hearten, heaters, heptane, heptene, nearest, nesters, panters, panther, parents, pasters, pesters, pheeses, phenate, phrases, preheat, present, presets, pretans, preteen, rashest, reheaps, reheats, renests, repaste, repasts, repeats, repents, reseats, resents, reshape, resnaps, respans, resteps, retapes, sateens, seaters, seether, seethes, senates, sensate, serapes, seraphs, serpent, shapers, sharpen, sheeter, sherpas, sparest, sphenes, spheres, steepen, steeper, sterane, teasers, tephras, terpene, trashes, trepans

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word parentheses

PARENTHESES
(153)
PARENTHESES
(153)
PARENTHESES
(102)
PARENTHESES
(102)
PARENTHESES
(84)
PARENTHESES
(80)
PARENTHESES
(68)
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(68)
PARENTHESES
(64)
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(64)
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(64)
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(64)
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(64)
PARENTHESES
(60)
PARENTHESES
(54)
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(54)
PARENTHESES
(52)
PARENTHESES
(42)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
PARENTHESES
(40)
PARENTHESES
(36)
PARENTHESES
(36)
PARENTHESES
(36)
PARENTHESES
(36)
PARENTHESES
(36)
PARENTHESES
(36)
PARENTHESES
(28)
PARENTHESES
(26)
PARENTHESES
(25)
PARENTHESES
(22)
PARENTHESES
(22)
PARENTHESES
(20)
PARENTHESES
(19)
PARENTHESES
(19)
PARENTHESES
(19)

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

PARENTHESES
(153)
PARENTHESES
(153)
PARENTHESES
(102)
PARENTHESES
(102)
REHEAPS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHAPERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHERPAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SERAPHS
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREHEAT
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEPTENE
(98 = 48 + 50)
SERAPHS
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREHEAT
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHRASES
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHERPAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPHENES
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHARPEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
RESHAPE
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHARPEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEPTENE
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHAPERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPHENES
(98 = 48 + 50)
RESHAPE
(98 = 48 + 50)
HAPTERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
PANTHER
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEPTANE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREHEAT
(98 = 48 + 50)
HAPTERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHEESES
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHRASES
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEPTANE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHEESES
(98 = 48 + 50)
PANTHER
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEAPERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
REHEAPS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPHERES
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEAPERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHENATE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHENATE
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPHERES
(98 = 48 + 50)
RESHAPE
(98 = 48 + 50)
SHERPAS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SERAPHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HAPTERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEAPERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
REHEAPS
(95 = 45 + 50)
PHRASES
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREHEAT
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHAPERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEPTANE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PHEESES
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHARPEN
(95 = 45 + 50)
SPHENES
(95 = 45 + 50)
RESHAPE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PHENATE
(95 = 45 + 50)
SPHERES
(95 = 45 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHAPERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
PANTHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEAPERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEPTENE
(95 = 45 + 50)
ARSHEEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
RASHEST
(92 = 42 + 50)
HASTENS
(92 = 42 + 50)
RASHEST
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRASHES
(92 = 42 + 50)
ANTHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
REHEATS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ANTHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
EARTHEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
ETHANES
(92 = 42 + 50)
SEETHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
HARNESS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHEETER
(92 = 42 + 50)
HEARSES
(92 = 42 + 50)
ETHENES
(92 = 42 + 50)
HEARTEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARSHEEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
HEATERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SEETHES
(92 = 42 + 50)
PANTHER
(90 = 40 + 50)
HEATERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRASHES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPHENES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SEETHES
(90 = 40 + 50)
HEARSES
(90 = 40 + 50)
PHEESES
(90 = 40 + 50)
REHEAPS
(90 = 40 + 50)
ARSHEEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
SEETHER
(90 = 40 + 50)
PHRASES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SERAPHS
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHEETER
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHAPERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
EARTHEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
REHEATS
(90 = 40 + 50)
ETHANES
(90 = 40 + 50)
RASHEST
(90 = 40 + 50)
ANTHERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
HARNESS
(90 = 40 + 50)
PHENATE
(90 = 40 + 50)
HASTENS
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHERPAS
(90 = 40 + 50)
ETHENES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHARPEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPHERES
(90 = 40 + 50)
HEARTEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
HAPTERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESHAPE
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SHAPERS
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PHENATE
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(89 = 39 + 50)
PHEESES
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SHAPERS
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SERAPHS
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PHENATE
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REHEAPS
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PHRASES
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHEESES
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHENATE
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PHENATE
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REHEAPS
(89 = 39 + 50)
REHEAPS
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESHAPE
(89 = 39 + 50)
REHEAPS
(89 = 39 + 50)
REHEAPS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHAPERS
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SHAPERS
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SERAPHS
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HEPTENE
(89 = 39 + 50)
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(89 = 39 + 50)
SERAPHS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHAPERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEAPERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PANTHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
SERAPHS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTENE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTENE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTENE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHENATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTENE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHRASES
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHENATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHRASES
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RESHAPE
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HAPTERS
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PHEESES
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HEPTENE
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHARPEN
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TEPHRAS
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PREHEAT
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TEPHRAS
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TEPHRAS
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PHRASES
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHARPEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHARPEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPHENES
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPHENES
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREHEAT
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHEESES
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHARPEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHERPAS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPHENES
(89 = 39 + 50)
PANTHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEAPERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
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(89 = 39 + 50)
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(89 = 39 + 50)
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HEAPERS
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(89 = 39 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHEESES
(89 = 39 + 50)
SERAPHS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HAPTERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHEESES
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTANE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEAPERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTANE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HAPTERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEPTANE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HAPTERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESHAPE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HAPTERS
(89 = 39 + 50)

parentheses in Words With Friends™

The word parentheses 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: 17

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

PARENTHESES
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (75 words)

anthers, aptness, arsheen, asperse, earnest, earthen, eastern, ensears, entraps, entrees, ethanes, ethenes, hapters, harness, hastens, heapers, hearses, hearten, heaters, heptane, heptene, nearest, nesters, panters, panther, parents, pasters, pesters, pheeses, phenate, phrases, preheat, present, presets, pretans, preteen, rashest, reheaps, reheats, renests, repaste, repasts, repeats, repents, reseats, resents, reshape, resnaps, respans, resteps, retapes, sateens, seaters, seether, seethes, senates, sensate, serapes, seraphs, serpent, shapers, sharpen, sheeter, sherpas, sparest, sphenes, spheres, steepen, steeper, sterane, teasers, tephras, terpene, trashes, trepans

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word parentheses

PARENTHESES
(243)
PARENTHESES
(189)
PARENTHESES
(189)
PARENTHESES
(114)
PARENTHESES
(114)
PARENTHESES
(88)
PARENTHESES
(75)
PARENTHESES
(72)
PARENTHESES
(72)
PARENTHESES
(72)
PARENTHESES
(72)
PARENTHESES
(69)
PARENTHESES
(68)
PARENTHESES
(68)
PARENTHESES
(68)
PARENTHESES
(54)
PARENTHESES
(50)
PARENTHESES
(46)
PARENTHESES
(42)
PARENTHESES
(42)
PARENTHESES
(42)
PARENTHESES
(42)
PARENTHESES
(34)
PARENTHESES
(34)
PARENTHESES
(28)
PARENTHESES
(27)
PARENTHESES
(26)
PARENTHESES
(25)
PARENTHESES
(23)
PARENTHESES
(22)
PARENTHESES
(21)
PARENTHESES
(21)
PARENTHESES
(21)
PARENTHESES
(20)
PARENTHESES
(20)
PARENTHESES
(20)
PARENTHESES
(19)
PARENTHESES
(19)
PARENTHESES
(19)

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

PARENTHESES
(243)
PARENTHESES
(189)
PARENTHESES
(189)
HEPTANE
(116 = 81 + 35)
HEPTENE
(116 = 81 + 35)
PARENTHESES
(114)
PARENTHESES
(114)
HAPTERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
SHAPERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
RESHAPE
(113 = 78 + 35)
SHARPEN
(110 = 75 + 35)
PANTHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
TERPENE
(104 = 69 + 35)
STEEPEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
TREPANS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPHENES
(104 = 69 + 35)
RESPANS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SERPENT
(104 = 69 + 35)
PANTERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
APTNESS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PHENATE
(104 = 69 + 35)
RESNAPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PHENATE
(104 = 69 + 35)
SERAPHS
(101 = 66 + 35)
PHRASES
(101 = 66 + 35)
SHERPAS
(101 = 66 + 35)
TEPHRAS
(101 = 66 + 35)
PREHEAT
(101 = 66 + 35)
SPHERES
(101 = 66 + 35)
HEAPERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
PHEESES
(101 = 66 + 35)
SHAPERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
HEAPERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
REHEAPS
(101 = 66 + 35)
REPENTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PANTHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
TERPENE
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRETEEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
SHARPEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENTRAPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TREPANS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PARENTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRESENT
(98 = 63 + 35)
PHENATE
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPHENES
(98 = 63 + 35)
PANTHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRETANS
(98 = 63 + 35)
RESPANS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPHENES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SERPENT
(98 = 63 + 35)
REHEAPS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TEPHRAS
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PASTERS
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PREHEAT
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SPHERES
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SPAREST
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REHEAPS
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PREHEAT
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TEPHRAS
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REPASTE
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HEAPERS
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HEAPERS
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SHAPERS
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ANTHERS
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PREHEAT
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RESTEPS
(95 = 60 + 35)
EARTHEN
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REPEATS
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SERAPHS
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STEEPER
(95 = 60 + 35)
REPASTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RESHAPE
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RESHAPE
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PHRASES
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SHERPAS
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PRESETS
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PHEESES
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ASPERSE
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SERAPES
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PESTERS
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SHAPERS
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PHRASES
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RETAPES
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PHENATE
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPHENES
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RESPANS
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SERPENT
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PANTERS
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APTNESS
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TREPANS
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PHENATE
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RESPANS
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HEPTANE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PRESENT
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PARENTS
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PRETEEN
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SERPENT
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TERPENE
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PRETANS
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HEPTENE
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ENTRAPS
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RESNAPS
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SHARPEN
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HEPTANE
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TREPANS
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HEPTENE
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TERPENE
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SERAPHS
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PREHEAT
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ANTHERS
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HEARTEN
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PHEESES
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PASTERS
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RESHAPE
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HASTENS
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PHRASES
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SHAPERS
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RESHAPE
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SPAREST
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREHEAT
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ETHENES
(89 = 54 + 35)
ARSHEEN
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PRESETS
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TEPHRAS
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PESTERS
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ARSHEEN
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TEPHRAS
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HARNESS
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ETHANES
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HAPTERS
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HEAPERS
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SHERPAS
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RESTEPS
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PARENTHESES
(88)
SHARPEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
HEPTANE
(87 = 52 + 35)
SHARPEN
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SHARPEN
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HEPTENE
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HEPTANE
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PANTHER
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HEPTANE
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HEPTENE
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HEPTENE
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PANTHER
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PHENATE
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SPHENES
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PHENATE
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SPHENES
(87 = 52 + 35)
PANTHER
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PHENATE
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PHENATE
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENTRAPS
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PHENATE
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TRASHES
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SHARPEN
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HEATERS
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SHARPEN
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SEETHER
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PHENATE
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PARENTS
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RESHAPE
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PREHEAT
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SHERPAS
(83 = 48 + 35)
TEPHRAS
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ARSHEEN
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HASTENS
(83 = 48 + 35)
ANTHERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
HARNESS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHERPAS
(83 = 48 + 35)

Words within the letters of parentheses

2 letter words in parentheses (13 words)

9 letter words in parentheses (1 word)

11 letter words in parentheses (1 word)

parentheses + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence parentheses

Words that start with parentheses (1 word)

Words with parentheses in them (1 word)

Words that end with parentheses (1 word)

Word Growth involving parentheses

Shorter words in parentheses

ar are pare parent

re are pare parent

ar par pare parent

pa par pare parent

en rent parent

re rent parent

he hes these theses

he the these theses

Longer words containing parentheses

(No longer words found)