BUPPY is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 14 points
Yes for Scrabble. BUPPY is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept BUPPY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUPPY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUPPY
No single letter turns BUPPY into another word.
How BUPPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,705 thousand.
What does BUPPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A young, upwardly mobile black professional, modelled on the earlier term yuppie.
Buppy blends the word black with yuppie to describe a career-focused young professional building wealth and status in the city. The term appeared in American magazines and social commentary during the 1980s alongside similar coinages for other groups. It is used descriptively rather than as an insult, though it now sounds somewhat dated.
How BUPPY is used
Chiefly used in American cultural writing from the 1980s and 1990s, now somewhat dated.
- The magazine profiled a rising buppy in finance.
- He joked that his new suit made him look like a buppy.
- The novel follows a group of buppy friends in Atlanta.
- She described the neighborhood as full of young buppy couples.
- Critics debated whether the term buppy still fit modern culture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUPPY
Common questions about BUPPY
- Is BUPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BUPPY is not in it.
- How many points is BUPPY worth?
- BUPPY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUPPY mean?
- A young, upwardly mobile black professional, modelled on the earlier term yuppie.
- What letters can be added to BUPPY?
- No single letter can be added to BUPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUPPY:
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