CARP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CARP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARP?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARP is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CARP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CARP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To complain about small faults persistently.
Carp the verb and carp the fish are unrelated: the first came from Old Norse and the second from Latin. Nothing but chance brought them to the same four letters.
How CARP is used
Carped, carps. Usually with at.
- They carped at every detail and approved the whole.
- The word carp is two unrelated borrowings.
- A carp can live longer than the person who caught it.
- Carping about the wording delayed everything.
- Old Norse gave English one carp and Latin the other.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARP
The 4 tiles of CARP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CARP
Showing 24 of 79 words that begin with CARP.
Words ending in CARP
Showing 24 of 30 words that end in CARP. Useful as a back hook: play CARP onto a word already on the board.
Words with CARP inside
Showing 24 of 134 words that contain CARP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CARP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CARP
Common questions about CARP
- Is CARP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARP worth?
- CARP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARP mean?
- To complain about small faults persistently.
- What letters can be added to CARP?
- CARP takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CARP:
Open CARP in the Word Finder