ESTOP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ESTOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESTOP?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESTOP is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESTOP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
estopsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESTOP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ESTOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about ESTOP
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 ESTOP mean in Scrabble?
verb
legal
To bar (a person) by estoppel from asserting a claim or fact that contradicts something they earlier said or allowed others to believe.
A court will estop a party from changing their story if that party's earlier words or conduct led someone else to rely on a particular version of events, since allowing a sudden reversal would be unfair to the person who trusted the original statement. The doctrine behind the verb, estoppel, appears across contract law, property disputes, and many other areas where consistency and fair reliance matter. A landlord who accepted years of late rent without complaint, for example, might later be estopped from suddenly enforcing a strict payment deadline. Lawyers use estop almost exclusively in this precise legal sense, rarely outside courtroom or contract language.
How ESTOP is used
A specialized legal term, used in courts and legal writing when discussing the doctrine of estoppel.
- The court moved to estop the company from denying its earlier promise.
- His own written statement served to estop him from claiming otherwise.
- The judge ruled that the tenant could not be estopped without clear evidence.
- Lawyers argued that prior conduct should estop the defendant from any denial.
- The contract included a clause meant to estop future disputes over the deadline.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESTOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESTOP
The 5 tiles of ESTOP in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with ESTOP
7 longer words begin with ESTOP.
Shorter words from the letters in ESTOP
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Common questions about ESTOP
- Is ESTOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESTOP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESTOP worth?
- ESTOP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESTOP mean?
- To bar (a person) by estoppel from asserting a claim or fact that contradicts something they earlier said or allowed others to believe.
- What letters can be added to ESTOP?
- ESTOP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ESTOP:
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