DRIPPY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DRIPPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRIPPY?
| 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 DRIPPY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRIPPY
No single letter turns DRIPPY into another word.
How DRIPPY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DRIPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about DRIPPY
- DRIPPY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DRIPPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Tending to drip or leak in drops, or, of a person, weak, silly and sloppily sentimental.
In its plain sense drippy describes whatever lets liquid fall in drops, such as a tap, a candle or a wet, rainy morning. The informal sense is about people and things that seem feeble or gushingly emotional, the kind of thing a teenager would call embarrassing. Context normally makes clear which of the two meanings is intended.
How DRIPPY is used
The literal sense is neutral; the sense of silly or sentimental is informal and mildly scornful.
- A drippy tap kept her awake half the night.
- The drippy weather made the whole week feel grey.
- He thought the film was far too drippy to watch twice.
- She gave a drippy speech full of tears and apologies.
- The candle burned drippy and left wax down the bottle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRIPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DRIPPY
Common questions about DRIPPY
- Is DRIPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRIPPY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRIPPY worth?
- DRIPPY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRIPPY mean?
- Tending to drip or leak in drops, or, of a person, weak, silly and sloppily sentimental.
- What letters can be added to DRIPPY?
- No single letter can be added to DRIPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DRIPPY:
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