LILLIPUT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LILLIPUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LILLIPUT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LILLIPUT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LILLIPUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lilliputsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LILLIPUT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LILLIPUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 3 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LILLIPUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LILLIPUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An imaginary land of tiny people, or any very small person or thing.
Jonathan Swift invented Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels, where its folk stand only a few inches tall. Since then the name has been borrowed for anything miniature or petty.
How LILLIPUT is used
Often used as an adjective, too, as in a lilliput village.
- The toy railway turned the garden into a lilliput.
- Gulliver woke in lilliput, tied down by threads.
- Next to the giant oak, the shed looked like a lilliput.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LILLIPUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LILLIPUT
3 longer words begin with LILLIPUT.
Shorter words from the letters in LILLIPUT
Common questions about LILLIPUT
- Is LILLIPUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LILLIPUT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LILLIPUT worth?
- LILLIPUT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LILLIPUT mean?
- An imaginary land of tiny people, or any very small person or thing.
- What letters can be added to LILLIPUT?
- LILLIPUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LILLIPUT:
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