GUP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. GUP 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GUP?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUP is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does GUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishslangarchaic
Idle talk or gossip.
Gup entered English from Hindi and Urdu through British colonial India. There it was used for casual chatter and rumour passed between people rather than for any serious or reliable news.
How GUP is used
Dated Anglo-Indian slang; found mainly in older colonial writing.
- The whole bazaar was full of gup about the new arrival.
- Don't believe every bit of gup you hear at the club.
- She dismissed the story as nothing but gup.
- An evening of gup passed for entertainment in the small station.
- He collected gup from every corner of the cantonment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GUP
The 3 tiles of GUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GUP
3 longer words begin with GUP.
Words ending in GUP
1 words end in GUP. Useful as a back hook: play GUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with GUP inside
1 words contain GUP in the middle. Words that start with GUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GUP
Common questions about GUP
- Is GUP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GUP is not in it.
- How many points is GUP worth?
- GUP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUP mean?
- Idle talk or gossip.
- What letters can be added to GUP?
- GUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GUP:
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