ESCARP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ESCARP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESCARP?
| 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 ESCARP is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESCARP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
escarpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESCARP scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ESCARP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about ESCARP
- The same 6 tiles also spell 8 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 ESCARP mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A steep artificial slope cut on the inner side of a defensive ditch in front of a fortification.
Engineers built the escarp so that attackers who crossed the ditch faced a sheer wall of earth or masonry that was hard to climb. The slope on the far side of the ditch was called the counterscarp, and the pair formed the walls of the moat. As a verb, to escarp means to cut ground into such a steep slope. The word is a close relative of scarp, and both come from Italian.
How ESCARP is used
Technical term from military engineering and fortification history.
- The soldiers set ladders against the escarp under heavy fire.
- A new escarp was dug along the edge of the ditch.
- Workmen began to escarp the hillside beneath the castle wall.
- The escarp was faced with stone to stop it from crumbling.
- Attackers who reached the escarp found it too steep to climb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESCARP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESCARP
The 6 tiles of ESCARP in a different order — 8 found.
Words starting with ESCARP
5 longer words begin with ESCARP.
Shorter words from the letters in ESCARP
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Common questions about ESCARP
- Is ESCARP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESCARP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESCARP worth?
- ESCARP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESCARP mean?
- A steep artificial slope cut on the inner side of a defensive ditch in front of a fortification.
- What letters can be added to ESCARP?
- ESCARP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ESCARP:
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