ANTIPOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANTIPOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIPOPE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIPOPE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIPOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antipopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTIPOPE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTIPOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIPOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIPOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A person set up as pope in opposition to the one properly chosen under church law.
Several antipope claimants arose in the Middle Ages, most famously during the Western Schism, when rival popes ruled from Rome and Avignon. Which side counted as the true pope was settled later by the Church.
How ANTIPOPE is used
Antipope is used in church history and rarely in modern speech.
- The council declared him an antipope.
- An antipope ruled from Avignon for years.
- Historians argue over which rival was the true pope and which the antipope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIPOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTIPOPE
1 longer words begin with ANTIPOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIPOPE
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Common questions about ANTIPOPE
- Is ANTIPOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIPOPE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIPOPE worth?
- ANTIPOPE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIPOPE mean?
- A person set up as pope in opposition to the one properly chosen under church law.
- What letters can be added to ANTIPOPE?
- ANTIPOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTIPOPE:
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