GIDDYUP is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. GIDDYUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIDDYUP?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIDDYUP is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIDDYUP
No single letter turns GIDDYUP into another word.
How GIDDYUP scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GIDDYUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,176 thousand.
What does GIDDYUP mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informalNorth American
A command spoken to a horse to make it start moving or go faster.
Giddyup is the cry of cowboys in films and of children playing at horses. Spoken in a clipped way it sounds like get up, which is where the word comes from. People also say it jokingly to urge any person or machine to hurry.
How GIDDYUP is used
Giddyup is shouted to horses and used jokingly to urge someone along.
- "Giddyup!" he called, and the wagon rolled forward.
- The boy slapped his toy horse and shouted giddyup.
- With a flick of the reins, she cried giddyup.
- Giddyup, we are late for the parade!
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIDDYUP and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GIDDYUP
Common questions about GIDDYUP
- Is GIDDYUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIDDYUP, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIDDYUP worth?
- GIDDYUP is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIDDYUP mean?
- A command spoken to a horse to make it start moving or go faster.
- What letters can be added to GIDDYUP?
- No single letter can be added to GIDDYUP to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GIDDYUP:
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