LUPINE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LUPINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUPINE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUPINE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUPINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lupinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUPINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LUPINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about LUPINE
- The same 6 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 LUPINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A flowering plant of the genus Lupinus, related to peas and beans, known for its tall spikes of colorful blossoms.
Lupine flowers grow in dense upright spikes of blue, purple, pink, or white blossoms and belong to the same family as peas and beans. Gardeners and wildflower enthusiasts across North America prize lupine for the color it brings to meadows and roadside verges each spring. The name traces back to the Latin lupus, meaning wolf, because early farmers wrongly believed the plant stripped nutrients from soil the way a wolf preys on livestock; in reality lupine roots enrich the soil with nitrogen.
How LUPINE is used
Common in gardening writing and descriptions of wildflower meadows across North America.
- Fields of wild lupine turned the hillside a brilliant shade of purple.
- She planted lupine along the fence to attract bees each summer.
- The seed catalog listed several lupine varieties for cottage gardens.
- Hikers photographed the lupine blooming beside the mountain trail.
- Every June the meadow fills with tall spikes of blue lupine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUPINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUPINE
The 6 tiles of LUPINE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LUPINE
1 longer words begin with LUPINE.
Shorter words from the letters in LUPINE
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Common questions about LUPINE
- Is LUPINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUPINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUPINE worth?
- LUPINE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUPINE mean?
- A flowering plant of the genus Lupinus, related to peas and beans, known for its tall spikes of colorful blossoms.
- What letters can be added to LUPINE?
- LUPINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LUPINE:
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