PIMP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PIMP 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 PIMP?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIMP is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIMP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pimpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PIMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 217,846.
What does PIMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man who lives off the earnings of prostitutes.
Pimp appeared in the seventeenth century with no clear origin at all. The American verb meaning to decorate something elaborately is from the 2000s and has almost no connection with the older sense.
How PIMP is used
Countable. Also a verb in an unrelated modern sense.
- A pimp in law is defined by the earnings and not the relationship.
- The word pimp has no clear origin.
- The verb about decorating with pimp is from the 2000s.
- Two senses of pimp with almost nothing in common.
- The seventeenth century recorded pimp and not where it came from.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIMP
16 longer words begin with PIMP.
Words ending in PIMP
1 words end in PIMP. Useful as a back hook: play PIMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with PIMP inside
5 words contain PIMP in the middle. Words that start with PIMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIMP
Common questions about PIMP
- Is PIMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIMP, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIMP worth?
- PIMP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIMP mean?
- A man who lives off the earnings of prostitutes.
- What letters can be added to PIMP?
- PIMP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PIMP:
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