BLIP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BLIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLIP?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLIP is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLIP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blipsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLIP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BLIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does BLIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small spot of light on a radar screen.
Blip is imitative and reached general English through wartime radar, where it named the return from an object. The figurative sense about a brief anomaly followed within a decade.
How BLIP is used
Countable. Also a verb: blipped, blips.
- A blip on the screen that turned out to be a flock of birds.
- The word blip came into English through radar.
- A blip in the figures for one quarter only.
- Two blips moving at the same speed.
- The figurative sense of blip followed within a decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLIP
5 longer words begin with BLIP.
Shorter words from the letters in BLIP
Common questions about BLIP
- Is BLIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLIP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLIP worth?
- BLIP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLIP mean?
- A small spot of light on a radar screen.
- What letters can be added to BLIP?
- BLIP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BLIP:
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