CUPPING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CUPPING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUPPING?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUPPING is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUPPING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cuppingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUPPING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CUPPING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,352 thousand.
What does CUPPING mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A treatment in which heated or suctioned cups are placed on the skin to draw blood toward the surface.
Cupping is an old therapy found in many cultures and still offered by some practitioners today, where it leaves round marks on the back. In earlier medicine it was sometimes paired with bleeding.
How CUPPING is used
Cupping is used for the therapy itself; the same word can also mean shaping the hands into a cup.
- The athlete showed round bruises left by cupping.
- Cupping was a common remedy in nineteenth-century medicine.
- Her therapist recommended cupping for tight shoulder muscles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUPPING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUPPING
1 longer words begin with CUPPING.
Shorter words from the letters in CUPPING
Common questions about CUPPING
- Is CUPPING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUPPING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUPPING worth?
- CUPPING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUPPING mean?
- A treatment in which heated or suctioned cups are placed on the skin to draw blood toward the surface.
- What letters can be added to CUPPING?
- CUPPING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CUPPING:
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