APPUI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. APPUI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept APPUI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APPUI is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APPUI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
appuisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APPUI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in APPUI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What does APPUI mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Support or a source of support, especially the contact a rider keeps with a horse's mouth through the reins.
Appui came into English from French, where it simply means support or a prop, and equestrian writers narrowed it to the steady contact between rider and horse that lets each feel the other through the reins. Military writing once used the same word for a point of support, as in the phrase point d'appui, a position a force could rely on. Both senses keep the original idea of something steady to lean or rest against.
How APPUI is used
Specialist term, met mainly in writing on horsemanship and in older military usage.
- A good rider keeps a light, steady appui with the horse's mouth.
- Losing appui through the reins made the horse harder to guide.
- Military manuals once spoke of a point d'appui for advancing troops.
- The instructor corrected her appui before allowing a faster pace.
- Without appui the horse drifted and ignored small signals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APPUI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APPUI
2 longer words begin with APPUI.
Shorter words from the letters in APPUI
Common questions about APPUI
- Is APPUI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APPUI, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APPUI worth?
- APPUI is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APPUI mean?
- Support or a source of support, especially the contact a rider keeps with a horse's mouth through the reins.
- What letters can be added to APPUI?
- APPUI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of APPUI:
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