CUPULE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CUPULE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUPULE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUPULE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUPULE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cupulesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUPULE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUPULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does CUPULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyzoology
A small cup-shaped structure in a plant or animal, such as the cap that holds an acorn.
In botany the cupule is the husk of hardened scales around the base of an acorn, chestnut or hazelnut. In zoology the word can name a small sucker, like the ones on the feet of certain flies. The rarer form cupula means much the same.
How CUPULE is used
A technical term of natural history.
- The acorn fell out of its cupule onto the path.
- Each beech nut sits inside a prickly cupule.
- The chestnut cupule split open in autumn.
- She collected oak cupules to use as tiny cups.
- Under the lens, the cupule showed fine overlapping scales.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUPULE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUPULE
1 longer words begin with CUPULE.
Shorter words from the letters in CUPULE
Common questions about CUPULE
- Is CUPULE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUPULE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUPULE worth?
- CUPULE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUPULE mean?
- A small cup-shaped structure in a plant or animal, such as the cap that holds an acorn.
- What letters can be added to CUPULE?
- CUPULE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUPULE:
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