ATAP is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ATAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATAP?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATAP is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATAP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ATAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does ATAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
Thatch made from the fronds of the nipa palm, traditionally used as a roofing material in South-East Asia.
Atap is both the palm leaf itself and the thatched roofing woven from it, long used to cover houses across South-East Asia because it is light, cheap, and easy to replace. The word entered English from Malay during the colonial period and still appears in descriptions of traditional village houses.
How ATAP is used
Mainly found in descriptions of South-East Asian building traditions; not part of everyday vocabulary elsewhere.
- The hut was roofed with atap woven from palm leaves.
- Rain drummed steadily on the atap above their heads.
- Workers replaced the old atap before the monsoon season began.
- The village houses were built on stilts and covered with atap.
- A new tin roof gradually replaced the traditional atap in the town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ATAP
The 4 tiles of ATAP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ATAP
1 longer words begin with ATAP.
Words ending in ATAP
1 words end in ATAP. Useful as a back hook: play ATAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with ATAP inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain ATAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ATAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ATAP
Common questions about ATAP
- Is ATAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATAP, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATAP worth?
- ATAP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATAP mean?
- Thatch made from the fronds of the nipa palm, traditionally used as a roofing material in South-East Asia.
- What letters can be added to ATAP?
- ATAP takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ATAP:
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