PULP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PULP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PULP?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PULP is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PULP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PULP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PULP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,077.
What does PULP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The soft, moist part of a fruit or vegetable, or a similar soft mass produced from crushed material.
Orange juice sold with pulp still contains small fragments of the fruit flesh. Paper manufacturing likewise begins with wood pulp, a fibrous mash made by breaking down timber.
How PULP is used
Uncountable; there is no plural in most everyday uses.
- The juice was thick with orange pulp.
- Workers fed logs into the pulp mill.
- She strained the pulp from the tomato sauce.
- The pulp of the mango was sweet and stringy.
- Wood pulp is pressed and dried to make paper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PULP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PULP
Showing 24 of 42 words that begin with PULP.
Words ending in PULP
1 words end in PULP. Useful as a back hook: play PULP onto a word already on the board.
Words with PULP inside
3 words contain PULP in the middle. Words that start with PULP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PULP
Common questions about PULP
- Is PULP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PULP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PULP worth?
- PULP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PULP mean?
- The soft, moist part of a fruit or vegetable, or a similar soft mass produced from crushed material.
- What letters can be added to PULP?
- PULP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PULP:
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