ESCALLOP is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ESCALLOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESCALLOP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESCALLOP is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESCALLOP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
escallopsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESCALLOP scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ESCALLOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESCALLOP has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ESCALLOP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bake food in a shallow dish with a sauce and a topping of crumbs.
To escallop vegetables or fish is to cook them in a creamy sauce under a golden crust, traditionally in a scallop shell. The word is an old spelling that has been largely replaced by scallop in this sense.
How ESCALLOP is used
A cooking term, uncommon in modern recipes.
- The cook chose to escallop the potatoes in cream.
- Recipes from the period tell you to escallop oysters in butter.
- You can escallop the fish with breadcrumbs on top.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESCALLOP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESCALLOP
The 8 tiles of ESCALLOP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ESCALLOP
3 longer words begin with ESCALLOP.
Shorter words from the letters in ESCALLOP
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Common questions about ESCALLOP
- Is ESCALLOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESCALLOP, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESCALLOP worth?
- ESCALLOP is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESCALLOP mean?
- To bake food in a shallow dish with a sauce and a topping of crumbs.
- What letters can be added to ESCALLOP?
- ESCALLOP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ESCALLOP:
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