POPSY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POPSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POPSY?
| 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 POPSY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POPSY
No single letter turns POPSY into another word.
How POPSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POPSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What stands out about POPSY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POPSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangBritisharchaic
An informal, old-fashioned British word for an attractive young woman.
Popsy was common in mid-twentieth century British slang, usually spoken by men about a girlfriend or a woman they found appealing, and it survives today mostly in older writing or deliberately dated dialogue. Because it treats a woman mainly as decorative, many speakers now consider popsy patronising and avoid it in serious speech. It is rarely heard in current conversation outside of jokes or period settings.
How POPSY is used
Informal and dated British slang, now considered old-fashioned and, by some speakers, patronising.
- The old film called every girlfriend a popsy.
- He introduced her as his latest popsy.
- The word popsy sounds hopelessly dated today.
- Grandad still calls any young woman a popsy.
- The script used popsy to sound like the 1960s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POPSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POPSY
The 5 tiles of POPSY in a different order — 2 found.
Words with POPSY inside
1 words contain POPSY in the middle. Words that start with POPSY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POPSY
Common questions about POPSY
- Is POPSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POPSY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POPSY worth?
- POPSY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POPSY mean?
- An informal, old-fashioned British word for an attractive young woman.
- What letters can be added to POPSY?
- No single letter can be added to POPSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POPSY:
Open POPSY in the Word Finder