NAPPE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NAPPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAPPE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAPPE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAPPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAPPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NAPPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does NAPPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A large sheet of rock that has been pushed or folded over the underlying rock, typically along a nearly horizontal fault, especially in mountain ranges such as the Alps.
Nappes form when powerful tectonic forces shove one rock mass over another along a low-angle thrust fault or fold it back on itself, sometimes carrying the displaced rock many kilometers from where it originally formed. Geologists reconstruct the history of mountain building partly by tracing how far a nappe has traveled and what older rock lies beneath it. The same French word, meaning tablecloth or sheet, also names an unrelated sense in fluid mechanics, the smooth sheet of water flowing over a dam or weir.
How NAPPE is used
Technical geological noun; countable, as in several stacked nappes.
- The valley exposed a classic nappe of older rock resting on younger strata.
- Geologists mapped the nappe across several mountain ranges.
- This nappe had traveled many kilometers from its original position.
- Erosion had worn a window through the nappe, revealing rock beneath it.
- The lecture explained how a nappe differs from a simple fault block.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAPPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAPPE
4 longer words begin with NAPPE.
Words ending in NAPPE
2 words end in NAPPE. Useful as a back hook: play NAPPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAPPE inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain NAPPE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NAPPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAPPE
Common questions about NAPPE
- Is NAPPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAPPE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAPPE worth?
- NAPPE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAPPE mean?
- A large sheet of rock that has been pushed or folded over the underlying rock, typically along a nearly horizontal fault, especially in mountain ranges such as the Alps.
- What letters can be added to NAPPE?
- NAPPE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NAPPE:
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