PAUPER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PAUPER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAUPER?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAUPER is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAUPER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paupersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAUPER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PAUPER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does PAUPER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who is extremely poor and has to depend on charity or public relief.
The word comes from Latin for poor, and in English history it named people who received help under the Poor Law. Today a pauper is simply someone without means, and the word often carries a note of pity or grim exaggeration. Phrases such as "a pauper's grave" show how the word came to stand for the lowest end of poverty, and the pauper is a stock figure of Victorian novels.
How PAUPER is used
Somewhat literary or historical in tone; in everyday speech people say "poor" or "destitute".
- He died a pauper, though he had once owned half the street.
- The prince and the pauper traded places in the story.
- Gambling turned the rich heir into a pauper within a year.
- A pauper's funeral was paid for by the parish.
- No pauper ever counted pennies as carefully as she did that winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAUPER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAUPER
21 longer words begin with PAUPER.
Shorter words from the letters in PAUPER
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Common questions about PAUPER
- Is PAUPER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAUPER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAUPER worth?
- PAUPER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAUPER mean?
- A person who is extremely poor and has to depend on charity or public relief.
- What letters can be added to PAUPER?
- PAUPER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PAUPER:
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