CUPEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CUPEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUPEL?
| 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 CUPEL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUPEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cupelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUPEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CUPEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does CUPEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A small, shallow, porous cup, traditionally made of bone ash, used to separate precious metals such as gold or silver from base metals by melting.
A cupel works by absorbing molten lead and other base metals into its porous walls while leaving purer gold or silver behind on its surface, a process called cupellation. Assayers have used the cupel for centuries to test the purity of ore samples and coins, heating the metal in a small furnace until only the precious metal remains. The verb to cupel describes the act of refining metal in this way.
How CUPEL is used
Chiefly a technical term used in assaying and metallurgy rather than everyday speech.
- The assayer placed the sample in a small cupel.
- Heat drove the lead out through the walls of the cupel.
- Only a bead of pure silver remained in the cupel after firing.
- Old mints used a cupel to check the purity of coins.
- The lab technician weighed the cupel before and after the test.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUPEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUPEL
11 longer words begin with CUPEL.
Shorter words from the letters in CUPEL
Common questions about CUPEL
- Is CUPEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUPEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUPEL worth?
- CUPEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUPEL mean?
- A small, shallow, porous cup, traditionally made of bone ash, used to separate precious metals such as gold or silver from base metals by melting.
- What letters can be added to CUPEL?
- CUPEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CUPEL:
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