HEAP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HEAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEAP?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEAP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEAP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HEAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does HEAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
An untidy pile of things.
Heap carries a suggestion of disorder that pile does not, which is why a tidy stack is never called one. Computing borrowed the word in the 1970s for memory allocated without a fixed order.
How HEAP is used
Countable. Also a verb: heaped, heaps.
- A heap of coats on the bed and none of them labelled.
- The word heap suggests disorder and pile does not.
- They heaped the plates too high to carry.
- Heaps of time before the train goes.
- Computing took heap for unordered memory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEAP
The 4 tiles of HEAP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HEAP
10 longer words begin with HEAP.
Words ending in HEAP
13 words end in HEAP. Useful as a back hook: play HEAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEAP inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain HEAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEAP
Common questions about HEAP
- Is HEAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEAP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEAP worth?
- HEAP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEAP mean?
- An untidy pile of things.
- What letters can be added to HEAP?
- HEAP takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HEAP:
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