PINUP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PINUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINUP?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINUP is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pinupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINUP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PINUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about PINUP
- PINUP begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PINUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A picture of an attractive, often glamorously or scantily dressed person, especially one meant to be pinned up on a wall, or the person shown in such a picture.
A pinup image typically shows a model, actor, or celebrity posed to be admired, and the term became widespread when soldiers and workers pinned such pictures on walls and lockers, particularly during the mid twentieth century. Magazines and calendars built entire features around a pinup of the month, and the same word came to describe the person photographed, so an actress could be called a pinup as well as appear in one. The style has since become a recognizable visual genre in its own right, with its own poses and fashions.
How PINUP is used
Pinup is informal and mostly used for glamour photography and the culture surrounding it, from vintage calendars to modern retro styling.
- A faded pinup hung on the inside of his locker door.
- The actress became a pinup after her first magazine cover.
- Collectors still trade old pinup calendars from the 1940s.
- She styled her hair in a classic pinup wave for the photo shoot.
- The garage walls were covered with pinup posters from decades past.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PINUP
1 longer words begin with PINUP.
Shorter words from the letters in PINUP
Common questions about PINUP
- Is PINUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINUP, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINUP worth?
- PINUP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINUP mean?
- A picture of an attractive, often glamorously or scantily dressed person, especially one meant to be pinned up on a wall, or the person shown in such a picture.
- What letters can be added to PINUP?
- PINUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PINUP:
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