DUP is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUP?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUP is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does DUP mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To open, especially a door or lid.
Dup is an old contraction of do up, used by Shakespeare and other early writers to mean simply to open something. A servant told to dup the door was being told to unbar and swing it open, nothing more.
How DUP is used
Archaic and literary; encountered mainly in Shakespearean and older English texts.
- The maid did dup the chamber door at dawn.
- He would dup the gate before the guests arrived.
- In the old play, the porter is told to dup the door.
- She dupped the window shutters to let in the morning light.
- The line instructs the servant to dup the chest and fetch the letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUP
The 3 tiles of DUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DUP
Showing 24 of 61 words that begin with DUP.
Words ending in DUP
11 words end in DUP. Useful as a back hook: play DUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUP inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain DUP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUP
Common questions about DUP
- Is DUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUP worth?
- DUP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUP mean?
- To open, especially a door or lid.
- What letters can be added to DUP?
- DUP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DUP:
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