BIPACK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BIPACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIPACK?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIPACK is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIPACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bipacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIPACK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BIPACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,840 thousand.
What does BIPACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Two strips of film, each sensitive to a different colour, run together through a camera and exposed at once.
A bipack was an early way of getting colour in cinema before three-colour film became standard. The two emulsions faced each other so that light passed through the first before reaching the second.
How BIPACK is used
The word bipack belongs to photography and film history.
- The studio shot the scene on bipack to capture two colours.
- A bipack in the magazine had to be loaded in darkness.
- Few labs today remember how a bipack was processed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIPACK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIPACK
1 longer words begin with BIPACK.
Shorter words from the letters in BIPACK
Common questions about BIPACK
- Is BIPACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIPACK, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIPACK worth?
- BIPACK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIPACK mean?
- Two strips of film, each sensitive to a different colour, run together through a camera and exposed at once.
- What letters can be added to BIPACK?
- BIPACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BIPACK:
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