OLPE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. OLPE 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 OLPE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLPE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OLPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about OLPE
- The same 4 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 OLPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient Greek jug or pitcher, originally a leather flask for oil and later a spoutless earthenware vessel.
An olpe changed shape as much as it changed material: the earliest ones were soft leather flasks for oil, and the word later attached itself to a pottery jug with no spout, used for pouring wine or oil at the table. Museums display painted olpe alongside other Greek pottery shapes such as the amphora and the krater.
How OLPE is used
Countable: an olpe, several olpe or olpes. Chiefly historical and archaeological.
- The museum case holds a painted olpe from the sixth century BC.
- An olpe of that shape had no spout at all.
- The potter signed the base of the olpe with his name.
- Wine was poured from the olpe straight into the cup.
- Fragments of an olpe turned up in the same grave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OLPE
The 4 tiles of OLPE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OLPE
1 longer words begin with OLPE.
Words ending in OLPE
1 words end in OLPE. Useful as a back hook: play OLPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLPE inside
3 words contain OLPE in the middle. Words that start with OLPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLPE
Common questions about OLPE
- Is OLPE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and OLPE is not in it.
- How many points is OLPE worth?
- OLPE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLPE mean?
- An ancient Greek jug or pitcher, originally a leather flask for oil and later a spoutless earthenware vessel.
- What letters can be added to OLPE?
- OLPE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OLPE:
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