NOOP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. NOOP 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NOOP?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOOP is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOOP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOOP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,670.
What does NOOP mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
The pointed tip of the elbow.
Noop is a Scots dialect word for the bony point at the back of the elbow, the part that knocks painfully against a hard surface. It belongs to a small group of Scots body-part words rarely found outside dialect glossaries.
How NOOP is used
Used in Scots dialect speech rather than standard English.
- She banged her noop on the doorframe and winced.
- He rested his noop on the table while he read.
- The fall left a bruise right on his noop.
- Her jacket sleeve had worn thin over the noop.
- Mind your noop on that low shelf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOOP
The 4 tiles of NOOP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NOOP
1 longer words begin with NOOP.
Words ending in NOOP
1 words end in NOOP. Useful as a back hook: play NOOP onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOOP inside
13 words contain NOOP in the middle. Words that start with NOOP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOOP
Common questions about NOOP
- Is NOOP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NOOP is not in it.
- How many points is NOOP worth?
- NOOP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOOP mean?
- The pointed tip of the elbow.
- What letters can be added to NOOP?
- NOOP takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOOP:
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