FRAPE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. FRAPE 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FRAPE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRAPE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRAPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRAPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FRAPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does FRAPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalslangBritish
To alter information on someone else's social media profile without permission, typically as a prank among friends.
Frape blends the name of a well-known social network with a word for a violent act, though the term itself describes a much milder mischief: changing someone's status, photo, or profile details while their account is left logged in. Friends frape each other most often at parties or in shared houses, posting an embarrassing status that the account owner has to explain later. The word spread quickly online in the 2000s and stayed mostly informal, never settling into standard written English. Some style guides avoid frape altogether because the blended word echoes a serious crime, so careful writers choose a milder phrase instead.
How FRAPE is used
Informal internet slang, common in spoken British English among younger users but avoided in formal or professional writing.
- He left his laptop open, so his flatmates decided to frape his profile.
- It is considered bad manners to frape a stranger, even as a joke.
- They agreed never to frape each other again after last April Fools' Day.
- A short absence from the keyboard was enough for someone to frape him.
- She warned her brother that she would frape his account if he forgot the plan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRAPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRAPE
4 longer words begin with FRAPE.
Shorter words from the letters in FRAPE
Common questions about FRAPE
- Is FRAPE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FRAPE is not in it.
- How many points is FRAPE worth?
- FRAPE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRAPE mean?
- To alter information on someone else's social media profile without permission, typically as a prank among friends.
- What letters can be added to FRAPE?
- FRAPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FRAPE:
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