LOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOPE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOPE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about LOPE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LOPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To run with long easy strides.
A lope is the pace an animal can hold all day: slower than a gallop, faster than a walk, and costing very little. Wolves and dogs are described this way more often than people are, and somebody who lopes is usually being compared to one of them.
How LOPE is used
Intransitive: to lope across a field. Also a noun — at a lope.
- The dog lopes ahead and waits at every gate.
- He lopes rather than runs and covers the ground faster.
- A wolf can lope for hours without stopping.
- She loped down the hill with her hands in her pockets.
- At a lope the whole distance takes an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOPE
The 4 tiles of LOPE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LOPE
4 longer words begin with LOPE.
Words ending in LOPE
17 words end in LOPE. Useful as a back hook: play LOPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LOPE inside
Showing 24 of 121 words that contain LOPE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LOPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LOPE
Common questions about LOPE
- Is LOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOPE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOPE worth?
- LOPE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOPE mean?
- To run with long easy strides.
- What letters can be added to LOPE?
- LOPE takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LOPE:
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