BUPPIE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUPPIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUPPIE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUPPIE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUPPIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buppiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUPPIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUPPIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does BUPPIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A young, prosperous city professional of African descent.
Buppie was coined in the 1980s on the pattern of yuppie, and it described a well-paid urban worker with a career, a good income and a taste for the comforts that came with it. The term was popular in the American press for a time and now feels tied to that decade. The shorter spelling buppy is a rarer variant of the same word.
How BUPPIE is used
Informal and strongly associated with 1980s journalism.
- The magazine profiled a successful buppie from Atlanta.
- Every buppie in the film seems to own a sleek apartment.
- He was proud to be called a buppie, but it faded as a label.
- The advertisers aimed their campaign at the buppie market.
- A buppie of that era carried a briefcase and a mobile phone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUPPIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUPPIE
1 longer words begin with BUPPIE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUPPIE
Common questions about BUPPIE
- Is BUPPIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUPPIE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUPPIE worth?
- BUPPIE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUPPIE mean?
- A young, prosperous city professional of African descent.
- What letters can be added to BUPPIE?
- BUPPIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUPPIE:
Open BUPPIE in the Word Finder