NOUP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. NOUP 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 NOUP?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOUP is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
noupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOUP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does NOUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
obsoletedialectregional
A steep, rocky headland, especially in the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
A noup names a particular kind of coastal feature rather than a hill in general: a bare, wind-scoured point of rock jutting into the sea, the sort of place seabirds nest on. The word survives mainly in place names in the far north of Scotland, where several headlands are simply called the Noup.
How NOUP is used
Rare outside older texts and Scottish place names such as the Noup of Noss.
- A gull colony crowds the noup above the landing place.
- The path to the noup is too dangerous after rain.
- From the noup you can see three other islands on a clear day.
- Older maps mark every noup along that stretch of coast.
- The wind off the noup nearly took his hat into the sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOUP
The 4 tiles of NOUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NOUP
1 longer words begin with NOUP.
Shorter words from the letters in NOUP
Common questions about NOUP
- Is NOUP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NOUP is not in it.
- How many points is NOUP worth?
- NOUP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOUP mean?
- A steep, rocky headland, especially in the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
- What letters can be added to NOUP?
- NOUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOUP:
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