APE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. APE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APE is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in APE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does APE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large primate without a tail.
Ape and monkey divide by the tail, and that distinction matters to zoologists and to almost nobody else. The verb meaning to imitate is older in English than the modern zoological sense, and it carries a judgement that the noun does not.
How APE is used
Countable: an ape, two apes. Also a verb.
- An ape has no tail and a monkey has one.
- The building apes a style it does not understand.
- Two apes in the same enclosure is a management problem.
- The verb to ape is older than the zoology.
- A great ape is a category and not a compliment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of APE
The 3 tiles of APE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with APE
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with APE.
Words ending in APE
Showing 24 of 81 words that end in APE. Useful as a back hook: play APE onto a word already on the board.
Words with APE inside
Showing 24 of 636 words that contain APE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with APE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in APE
Common questions about APE
- Is APE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APE worth?
- APE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APE mean?
- A large primate without a tail.
- What letters can be added to APE?
- APE takes 12 hooks: 8 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of APE:
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