DUPERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DUPERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUPERY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUPERY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUPERY
No single letter turns DUPERY into another word.
How DUPERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DUPERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does DUPERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The practice of tricking people into believing something false, or an instance of it.
Dupery grows out of dupe, the person who is fooled, and puts the weight on the trickster rather than the victim. It suggests a deliberate, sustained deception, such as a swindle or a political fraud, more than a casual lie. The word has a bookish ring and appears most in essays and criticism, where writers condemn flattery, advertising or propaganda as forms of dupery.
How DUPERY is used
Literary and formal; used when describing deception on a larger or more systematic scale.
- The scheme depended entirely on dupery and false promises.
- He accused the advertisers of cheerful dupery.
- Years of dupery finally came to light in the audit.
- The novel is a study of vanity and dupery in a small town.
- No amount of dupery could hide the empty vault.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUPERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DUPERY
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Common questions about DUPERY
- Is DUPERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUPERY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUPERY worth?
- DUPERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUPERY mean?
- The practice of tricking people into believing something false, or an instance of it.
- What letters can be added to DUPERY?
- No single letter can be added to DUPERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DUPERY:
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