CUSPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CUSPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CUSPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUSPY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUSPY
No single letter turns CUSPY into another word.
How CUSPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CUSPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does CUSPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informaltechnical
Informal computing slang for a computer program that is well designed, elegant, and pleasant to use.
Cuspy grew out of hacker slang from early computer culture, where programmers used it to praise software that worked smoothly, handled edge cases well, and felt satisfying to operate. The word plays on cusp, a sharp point where two curves meet, suggesting a program finely tuned right up to its edges rather than rough or clumsy. It is a term of approval among programmers rather than a formal measurement, closer to calling code elegant or slick than to any technical standard. Cuspy remains mostly confined to programmer slang and rarely appears outside discussions of software design.
How CUSPY is used
Informal computing slang, used by programmers to praise well-designed, user-friendly software.
- The new interface was clean, fast, and genuinely cuspy.
- Old-timers called any well-built utility a cuspy little program.
- Reviewers praised the cuspy design of the text editor.
- He rewrote the routine until it felt properly cuspy.
- A cuspy tool handles unusual input without ever crashing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUSPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CUSPY
Common questions about CUSPY
- Is CUSPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CUSPY is not in it.
- How many points is CUSPY worth?
- CUSPY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUSPY mean?
- Informal computing slang for a computer program that is well designed, elegant, and pleasant to use.
- What letters can be added to CUSPY?
- No single letter can be added to CUSPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CUSPY:
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