MOPSY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOPSY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MOPSY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOPSY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOPSY
No single letter turns MOPSY into another word.
How MOPSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOPSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 294,092.
What stands out about MOPSY
- The letters of MOPSY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
- The same 5 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 MOPSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectarchaic
An untidy, dowdily dressed woman, or, affectionately, a plump little girl.
Mopsy was used in older regional English for a woman whose clothes and appearance looked slovenly or old-fashioned, much as we might now say frump. The same word could also serve as a fond, slightly teasing name for a small, round-faced girl, quite separate from any criticism of her dress. Beatrix Potter borrowed this second, affectionate sense when she named one of Peter Rabbit's sisters Mopsy. Today the word survives mainly in dialect glossaries and in that children's story rather than in everyday conversation.
How MOPSY is used
Archaic and regional; met mostly in older dialect writing or as an affectionate name rather than in current everyday speech.
- The neighbours called her a mopsy behind her back for her shabby coat.
- Grandmother used mopsy fondly for any chubby, cheerful toddler.
- Old dialect dictionaries list mopsy alongside other words for an untidy woman.
- The story's mopsy character is drawn as round and good-natured.
- He teased his little sister by calling her his mopsy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOPSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOPSY
The 5 tiles of MOPSY in a different order — 2 found.
Words with MOPSY inside
1 words contain MOPSY in the middle. Words that start with MOPSY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MOPSY
Common questions about MOPSY
- Is MOPSY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MOPSY is not in it.
- How many points is MOPSY worth?
- MOPSY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOPSY mean?
- An untidy, dowdily dressed woman, or, affectionately, a plump little girl.
- What letters can be added to MOPSY?
- No single letter can be added to MOPSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOPSY:
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