PAPAW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PAPAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAPAW?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAPAW is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAPAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
papawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAPAW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAPAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does PAPAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyNorth American
A variant name for the pawpaw, either the tropical papaya tree and its fruit or the North American tree bearing a similar soft, custard-like fruit.
A papaw tree produces large, oblong fruit with soft, sweet flesh, though the name is applied to two quite different plants depending on the region: the tropical papaya in warmer climates and the smaller, cold-hardy North American pawpaw further north. Both fruits share a soft texture and a cluster of seeds inside, which likely explains why English speakers have long used similar names for them. Growers and cookbooks usually make clear which tree they mean, since the two plants belong to different families entirely. The spelling papaw is common in Australia and parts of North America, while other regions favour pawpaw or papaya.
How PAPAW is used
Used regionally, especially in Australia and North America, for either the papaya or the native pawpaw fruit and tree.
- The garden had a papaw tree heavy with ripening fruit by late summer.
- She sliced the papaw and served it with a squeeze of lime.
- Settlers in the region relied on the wild papaw as a late-summer food.
- The recipe called for ripe papaw blended into the smoothie.
- He planted a young papaw beside the fence to catch the afternoon sun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAPAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAPAW
1 longer words begin with PAPAW.
Shorter words from the letters in PAPAW
Common questions about PAPAW
- Is PAPAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAPAW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAPAW worth?
- PAPAW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAPAW mean?
- A variant name for the pawpaw, either the tropical papaya tree and its fruit or the North American tree bearing a similar soft, custard-like fruit.
- What letters can be added to PAPAW?
- PAPAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAPAW:
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