LAYUP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LAYUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAYUP?
| 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 LAYUP is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAYUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
layupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAYUP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAYUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does LAYUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A basketball shot made by a player who drives close to the basket and lays the ball gently against the backboard or through the hoop.
A layup is considered one of the easiest and most reliable shots in basketball because the shooter releases the ball from directly beneath or beside the basket rather than from a distance, which is why the phrase an easy layup is sometimes used outside sports for any simple, low-risk task. Away from basketball, layup also describes the period a boat or vehicle spends laid up out of service, and in older British usage it named a spell of illness that kept someone off work or in bed.
How LAYUP is used
Best known from basketball, though it also names the idle period of a docked ship and, in older British usage, a period spent ill in bed.
- The guard drove past two defenders for an easy layup.
- Coaches drill young players on the layup before anything else.
- The old ferry spent the whole winter in layup at the dock.
- A bad knee put him in layup for nearly a month.
- Missing that layup at the buzzer cost the team the game.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAYUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAYUP
The 5 tiles of LAYUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAYUP
1 longer words begin with LAYUP.
Shorter words from the letters in LAYUP
Common questions about LAYUP
- Is LAYUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAYUP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAYUP worth?
- LAYUP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAYUP mean?
- A basketball shot made by a player who drives close to the basket and lays the ball gently against the backboard or through the hoop.
- What letters can be added to LAYUP?
- LAYUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAYUP:
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