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/ˈpɑɹti/
nounverbadjective

PARTY meaning: a person or group on one side of a legal matter, a troop detachment, or people gathered for a shared purpose.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

    “The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.”

  2. A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.

    “boarding party”

  3. A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.

    “We're expecting a large party from the London office.”

  4. A small group of birds or mammals.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

    “We partied until the early hours.”

  2. To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

  3. To form a party (with).

    “If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.”

Adjective 1 meaning

  1. Favoring one party; partisan.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part.

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PARTY is a familiar five-letter word with three distinct senses: a side in a legal proceeding or contract, troops assigned to a duty, and people assembled for a purpose such as travel or sport. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and is both an allowed Wordle guess and an answer. Its common spelling makes the legal and social meanings easy to overlook.

PARTY at a glance

  • PARTY has five letters: P, A, R, T, and Y.
  • Scrabble tile values add to 10: P=3, A=1, R=1, T=1, and Y=4.
  • PARTY is marked as both an allowed Wordle guess and a possible answer.
  • Two letter rearrangements are PRATY and YRAPT.
  • PARTS, PATTY, and PARRY are among PARTY's 12 one-letter neighbors.

What does PARTY mean?

PARTY meaning depends on the group involved. In law, a party is a person or organization on one side of a case or contract; in military use, it can mean a small detachment assigned a particular duty. People gathered for a celebration are another familiar sense, but the word also covers groups assembled for travel or sport.

That range makes PARTY more than a word for a social event. A legal document might name each party to an agreement, while a travel party shares a trip. The word has a frequency rank of 290 and a Zipf score of 5.49, reflecting its familiar place in English.

How PARTY works in word games

Scrabble gives PARTY 10 base points: P is worth 3, Y is worth 4, and A, R, and T are worth 1 each. The Y carries the largest tile value, so placing it on a letter premium matters more than boosting one of the three single-point tiles. Board premiums can raise the final score.

Changing one letter produces close neighbors such as PARTS, PATTY, PARRY, and PASTY. The full set has 12 entries, while 845 five-letter words start with P and 1,284 end in Y. For a pattern solve, that larger ending group makes the final letter less selective than the initial P.

PRATY and YRAPT rearrange the same five letters, but both are much less familiar than the real word, so check your game's word list before playing them. Wordle accepts it as a guess and also uses it as an answer.

Rhymes with party

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One letter away

Change one letter, keep the rest
  • PARTS7
  • PATTY10
  • PARRY10
  • PASTY10
  • PARTI7
  • WARTY11
  • PURTY10
  • PARDY11
  • PARLY10
  • PARKY14
  • TARTY8
  • PORTY10

Questions people ask

What does PARTY mean in a legal case?
In a legal case, a party is a person or organization on one side of the proceeding. The word also applies to someone named as a side to a contract. Outside law, PARTY can mean a troop detachment or a group assembled for travel, sport, or celebration.
How many points is PARTY in Scrabble?
PARTY is worth 10 base points in Scrabble. Its P is worth 3, its Y is worth 4, and A, R, and T are each worth 1. Premium squares can change the final score, but the tile values alone total 10.
Is PARTY a Wordle word?
Yes, PARTY is marked as both an allowed Wordle guess and a possible answer. Those two roles mean you can enter it as a guess and that it belongs to the answer set; they do not say when it will appear in a particular game.

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