ATRIP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ATRIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATRIP?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATRIP is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATRIP
No single letter turns ATRIP into another word.
How ATRIP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ATRIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What stands out about ATRIP
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ATRIP mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nautical
Of an anchor: just clear of the seabed and hanging straight down from the bow, but not yet fully raised.
A sailor calls the anchor atrip the moment its flukes break free of the bottom, since from that point the ship is technically no longer held in place and can begin to drift or be steered away. The term marks a brief, specific stage between an anchor resting on the seabed and one fully stowed aboard, and it matters because a crew needs to know exactly when the vessel stops being anchored. Older sailing manuals list atrip among the short technical words used to call out the stages of weighing anchor.
How ATRIP is used
A specialist nautical term used mainly in sailing and naval contexts when describing the stages of raising anchor.
- The bosun called out that the anchor was atrip.
- Once the anchor is atrip, the ship is technically free to drift.
- The captain waited for the report that the anchor had come atrip before giving new orders.
- An anchor atrip still hangs below the bow, not yet hauled aboard.
- The old manual explained the moment an anchor is said to be atrip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATRIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ATRIP
The 5 tiles of ATRIP in a different order — 2 found.
Words with ATRIP inside
2 words contain ATRIP in the middle. Words that start with ATRIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ATRIP
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Common questions about ATRIP
- Is ATRIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATRIP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATRIP worth?
- ATRIP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATRIP mean?
- Of an anchor: just clear of the seabed and hanging straight down from the bow, but not yet fully raised.
- What letters can be added to ATRIP?
- No single letter can be added to ATRIP to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ATRIP:
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