APP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. APP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APP?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APP is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in APP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What does APP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A program written for a phone or a tablet.
App is older than the devices that made it famous: it was in use for any application from the 1980s, and the meaning narrowed sharply after 2008 when the stores appeared. That narrowing is what makes it useful — a program is anything and an app is a specific thing you install.
How APP is used
Countable: an app, two apps.
- The app wants permissions it has no use for.
- They built an app that does one thing properly.
- Two apps for the same job and neither works offline.
- The word app narrowed its meaning after 2008.
- An app that needs a manual has already failed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of APP
The 3 tiles of APP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with APP
Showing 24 of 442 words that begin with APP.
Words ending in APP
3 words end in APP. Useful as a back hook: play APP onto a word already on the board.
Words with APP inside
Showing 24 of 843 words that contain APP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with APP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in APP
Common questions about APP
- Is APP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APP worth?
- APP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APP mean?
- A program written for a phone or a tablet.
- What letters can be added to APP?
- APP takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of APP:
Open APP in the Word Finder