PEEPSHOW is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PEEPSHOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEEPSHOW?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEEPSHOW is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEEPSHOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
peepshowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEEPSHOW scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PEEPSHOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEEPSHOW has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PEEPSHOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
An entertainment seen through a small hole or lens, such as pictures in a box.
Old fairs offered a peepshow in which a viewer paid to look at painted scenes through a lens. Later the word peepshow also came to mean a coin-operated booth for adult viewing, so context decides which sense is meant.
How PEEPSHOW is used
Used both for the traditional fairground attraction and, in modern speech, for adult booths.
- At the fair a child paid a penny to look into the peepshow.
- The museum kept a Victorian peepshow showing the Great Exhibition.
- Through the tiny lens the peepshow turned a cardboard box into a palace.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEEPSHOW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEEPSHOW
1 longer words begin with PEEPSHOW.
Shorter words from the letters in PEEPSHOW
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Common questions about PEEPSHOW
- Is PEEPSHOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEEPSHOW, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEEPSHOW worth?
- PEEPSHOW is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEEPSHOW mean?
- An entertainment seen through a small hole or lens, such as pictures in a box.
- What letters can be added to PEEPSHOW?
- PEEPSHOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PEEPSHOW:
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