DRUPE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DRUPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRUPE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DRUPE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRUPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DRUPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DRUPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about DRUPE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DRUPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A fruit with a thin outer skin, a fleshy middle layer and a hard stone that encloses the seed, such as a peach, plum or cherry.
A drupe is defined by its three-layer structure: skin, soft flesh, and a woody stone or pit at the centre holding the actual seed. Botanists use the term to separate stone fruits from berries, which lack that hard central shell, even though both are eaten as soft, juicy fruit. Common drupes include peaches, cherries, olives and almonds, the last of which is grown mainly for the seed inside the stone rather than the flesh around it.
How DRUPE is used
Technical botanical term, mostly used in horticulture, biology and food science rather than everyday speech.
- A peach is a classic example of a drupe.
- The olive is a drupe with very little flesh around its stone.
- Botany students learned to identify a drupe by its hard central stone.
- Cherries and plums are both drupes from the same plant family.
- The almond we eat is the seed found inside a drupe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRUPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DRUPE
The 5 tiles of DRUPE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with DRUPE
5 longer words begin with DRUPE.
Words with DRUPE inside
3 words contain DRUPE in the middle. Words that start with DRUPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DRUPE
Common questions about DRUPE
- Is DRUPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRUPE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRUPE worth?
- DRUPE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRUPE mean?
- A fruit with a thin outer skin, a fleshy middle layer and a hard stone that encloses the seed, such as a peach, plum or cherry.
- What letters can be added to DRUPE?
- DRUPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DRUPE:
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