COUP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COUP 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 COUP?
| 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 COUP is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does COUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sudden seizure of power; a successful stroke.
Coup is French for a blow and English uses it both for the political sense and for any impressive success. The final letter is silent, which catches out readers who have only seen it written.
How COUP is used
Countable. The final letter is silent.
- A coup that took four hours and cost nothing.
- The word coup is French for a blow.
- Signing them was a coup for a small company.
- The last letter of coup is not sounded.
- Two coups in the same decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUP
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with COUP.
Words ending in COUP
7 words end in COUP. Useful as a back hook: play COUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with COUP inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain COUP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COUP
Common questions about COUP
- Is COUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUP worth?
- COUP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUP mean?
- A sudden seizure of power; a successful stroke.
- What letters can be added to COUP?
- COUP takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COUP:
Open COUP in the Word Finder