ARPA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points

It depends on the list you play by. ARPA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept ARPA?

Word power: 32 / 100

Our own measure of how useful ARPA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ARPA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ARPA scores

Face value of the 4 tiles in ARPA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.

Anagrams of ARPA

The 4 tiles of ARPA in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with ARPA

1 longer words begin with ARPA.

Words ending in ARPA

2 words end in ARPA. Useful as a back hook: play ARPA onto a word already on the board.

Words with ARPA inside

Showing 24 of 41 words that contain ARPA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARPA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Shorter words from the letters in ARPA

Common questions about ARPA

Is ARPA valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARPA is not in it.

How many points is ARPA worth?

ARPA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ARPA?

ARPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.