DUPPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. DUPPY 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 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DUPPY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUPPY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUPPY
No single letter turns DUPPY into another word.
How DUPPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DUPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What does DUPPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbean
A restless spirit of the dead said to haunt the living, in Jamaican and wider Caribbean belief.
A duppy is not just any ghost but usually a returning or troublesome spirit of the dead, one that Caribbean folk belief treats as capable of doing real harm to the living if not guarded against. Stories about duppies commonly explain unexplained noises, bad luck or sudden illness, and certain plants, charms or rituals are said to keep one away. The word is especially associated with Jamaican English but is used more widely across the English-speaking Caribbean.
How DUPPY is used
Caribbean English, chiefly Jamaican; used in folklore, storytelling and everyday speech about the supernatural.
- The children were warned not to walk past the graveyard because of the duppy.
- Old people say a duppy will not cross a line of salt.
- She swore a duppy had moved the chair in the night.
- The story of the duppy in the cotton tree scared every child in the village.
- He laughed off the duppy tales, but he still hurried home before dark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DUPPY
Common questions about DUPPY
- Is DUPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUPPY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUPPY worth?
- DUPPY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUPPY mean?
- A restless spirit of the dead said to haunt the living, in Jamaican and wider Caribbean belief.
- What letters can be added to DUPPY?
- No single letter can be added to DUPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DUPPY:
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