ENTRAP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ENTRAP 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 ENTRAP?
| 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 ENTRAP is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENTRAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
entrapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENTRAP scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENTRAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about ENTRAP
- The same 6 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 ENTRAP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To catch someone or something in or as if in a trap, often through trickery.
Entrap covers both the literal sense of catching an animal in a physical trap and the figurative sense of tricking a person into a difficult or incriminating situation. In legal and law-enforcement writing, the word takes on a more specific meaning, describing officers who induce someone to commit a crime they would not otherwise have committed. Outside the courtroom, entrap is used more loosely for any scheme that lures someone into trouble.
How ENTRAP is used
Common in everyday speech and especially frequent in legal writing about improper police conduct.
- The hunters set snares to entrap small game near the stream.
- The defense argued that officers had entrapped their client.
- A clever trick was used to entrap the thief red-handed.
- The old riddle seemed designed to entrap careless readers.
- She felt the contract's fine print was meant to entrap her.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENTRAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENTRAP
The 6 tiles of ENTRAP in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ENTRAP
7 longer words begin with ENTRAP.
Shorter words from the letters in ENTRAP
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Common questions about ENTRAP
- Is ENTRAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENTRAP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENTRAP worth?
- ENTRAP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENTRAP mean?
- To catch someone or something in or as if in a trap, often through trickery.
- What letters can be added to ENTRAP?
- ENTRAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENTRAP:
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