PAPPY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PAPPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAPPY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAPPY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAPPY
No single letter turns PAPPY into another word.
How PAPPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 3 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. PAPPY needs 1 blank tile.
What does PAPPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A father, especially as addressed or referred to by a child.
Pappy is an informal, affectionate term a child uses instead of father or dad, especially in older American speech. The word carries a warm, homely tone drawn from rural and family speech rather than formal usage. It appears often in older Southern and Appalachian dialogue, both in fiction and in real family conversation.
How PAPPY is used
Informal and somewhat dated; mostly heard in older American family speech and fiction rather than modern conversation.
- The children ran to greet their pappy after his long day at work.
- She always spoke of her pappy with warmth and pride.
- Pappy used to tell the same story every evening on the porch.
- In the old novel, the boy calls his father pappy throughout.
- Grandfather liked being called pappy by his youngest grandchildren.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PAPPY
1 words end in PAPPY. Useful as a back hook: play PAPPY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PAPPY
Common questions about PAPPY
- Is PAPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAPPY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAPPY worth?
- PAPPY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAPPY mean?
- A father, especially as addressed or referred to by a child.
- What letters can be added to PAPPY?
- No single letter can be added to PAPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAPPY:
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