HOLDUP is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HOLDUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOLDUP?
| 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 HOLDUP is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOLDUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
holdupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOLDUP scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOLDUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 582,057.
What does HOLDUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A robbery carried out under threat of violence, or a delay that stops something from moving forward.
The word holdup has two everyday uses that share the idea of something being stopped. In the first, a gunman halts a person or a business and demands money; in the second, a traffic jam, a missing document or a late delivery holds up the work of everyone involved. Context nearly always makes clear which is meant, and the word is also written with a hyphen as hold-up.
How HOLDUP is used
Everyday word; the robbery sense is common in news reports and the delay sense in ordinary talk.
- Police are searching for the men behind the bank holdup.
- There was a long holdup on the motorway after the crash.
- A holdup at customs kept the shipment for three days.
- The clerk stayed calm during the holdup and pressed the alarm later.
- What is the cause of the holdup in the project?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOLDUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOLDUP
The 6 tiles of HOLDUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOLDUP
1 longer words begin with HOLDUP.
Shorter words from the letters in HOLDUP
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Common questions about HOLDUP
- Is HOLDUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOLDUP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOLDUP worth?
- HOLDUP is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOLDUP mean?
- A robbery carried out under threat of violence, or a delay that stops something from moving forward.
- What letters can be added to HOLDUP?
- HOLDUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOLDUP:
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