MUDPUPPY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. MUDPUPPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUDPUPPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUDPUPPY is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUDPUPPY
No single letter turns MUDPUPPY into another word.
How MUDPUPPY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MUDPUPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| p | 3 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MUDPUPPY needs 1 blank tile.
What does MUDPUPPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanzoology
A large water-dwelling salamander of North America that keeps feathery red gills all its life.
A mudpuppy stays in the water and never leaves the larval stage in its looks. Anglers sometimes hook one by accident, and the name is said to come from a mistaken belief that it barked.
How MUDPUPPY is used
Mudpuppy is a common name in North American nature writing.
- A mudpuppy crawled along the bottom of the stream.
- The biologist counted each mudpuppy in the lake.
- Few people ever see a wild mudpuppy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUDPUPPY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MUDPUPPY
Common questions about MUDPUPPY
- Is MUDPUPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUDPUPPY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUDPUPPY worth?
- MUDPUPPY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUDPUPPY mean?
- A large water-dwelling salamander of North America that keeps feathery red gills all its life.
- What letters can be added to MUDPUPPY?
- No single letter can be added to MUDPUPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MUDPUPPY:
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