HUP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUP?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does HUP mean in Scrabble?
interjection
A call used to urge a horse or a person forward.
Hup belongs to drill and to horses alike: it is what a sergeant counts on and what a rider says at a fence. It is a shortened form of the same call that gave heave and up, and it works because it can be shouted without opening the mouth wide.
How HUP is used
Stands alone as a command.
- Hup, and the horse went over cleanly.
- The sergeant counted hup two three four.
- A single hup is enough for a trained animal.
- He said hup and the whole column moved.
- The word hup carries further than a longer one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HUP
The 3 tiles of HUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HUP
10 longer words begin with HUP.
Words ending in HUP
10 words end in HUP. Useful as a back hook: play HUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with HUP inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain HUP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HUP
Common questions about HUP
- Is HUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUP worth?
- HUP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUP mean?
- A call used to urge a horse or a person forward.
- What letters can be added to HUP?
- HUP takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HUP:
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