KOPPA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. KOPPA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KOPPA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOPPA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOPPA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
koppasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KOPPA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KOPPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does KOPPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet, formerly used before back vowels and later retained mainly as a numeral for ninety.
Koppa dropped out of everyday Greek writing well before the classical period, as its sound became indistinguishable from kappa before certain vowels, yet the letter survived because Greek used letters as numbers. Ancient scribes kept koppa in that numeral role, so it appears in old inscriptions and manuscripts representing the number ninety even after it stopped being pronounced. Scholars studying the history of the Greek alphabet still refer to koppa when explaining why the modern alphabet has fewer letters than its early form. Some early Greek alphabets exported to Italy passed koppa on to the Latin letter Q.
How KOPPA is used
Historical term, used mainly by scholars discussing the early Greek alphabet and numerals.
- The inscription used koppa to represent the number ninety.
- Koppa disappeared from spoken Greek long before classical times.
- The historian explained how koppa became the ancestor of Q.
- Only specialists now recognize koppa in ancient texts.
- The chart of Greek numerals still lists koppa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOPPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KOPPA
1 longer words begin with KOPPA.
Shorter words from the letters in KOPPA
Common questions about KOPPA
- Is KOPPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KOPPA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KOPPA worth?
- KOPPA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOPPA mean?
- An obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet, formerly used before back vowels and later retained mainly as a numeral for ninety.
- What letters can be added to KOPPA?
- KOPPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KOPPA:
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