ORLOP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ORLOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORLOP?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORLOP is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORLOP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orlopsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORLOP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ORLOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What does ORLOP mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalhistorical
The lowest deck of a large sailing ship, traditionally used for stowage, cables, and quarters below the waterline.
On a traditional sailing warship, the orlop sat beneath the waterline, sheltered from cannon fire, so it commonly held stores and coiled cable and, during battle, doubled as a place where the wounded were treated. Naval historians describe the orlop as the innermost and safest deck of a large sailing ship, since only the hull separated it from the sea. The word survives today mainly in writing about age-of-sail warships, as modern vessels use a different deck-naming system.
How ORLOP is used
A historical nautical term, met mainly in writing about sailing ships and naval history.
- The wounded were carried down to the orlop during the battle.
- Cables and spare rope were stored on the orlop deck.
- Visitors to the museum ship can still walk along the orlop.
- The surgeon set up his table on the orlop, below the waterline.
- Historians described the cramped conditions on the ship's orlop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORLOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORLOP
1 longer words begin with ORLOP.
Shorter words from the letters in ORLOP
Common questions about ORLOP
- Is ORLOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORLOP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORLOP worth?
- ORLOP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORLOP mean?
- The lowest deck of a large sailing ship, traditionally used for stowage, cables, and quarters below the waterline.
- What letters can be added to ORLOP?
- ORLOP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ORLOP:
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