PULPOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PULPOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PULPOUS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PULPOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PULPOUS
No single letter turns PULPOUS into another word.
How PULPOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PULPOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,843 thousand.
What does PULPOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Containing pulp or having the soft, moist texture of pulp.
Fruit, wood fibre and overcooked vegetables can all be pulpous. The word is a little more formal than pulpy and is used in descriptions of texture.
How PULPOUS is used
A literary or technical variant of pulpy.
- The pulpous flesh of the fruit dripped over his fingers.
- Paper begins as a pulpous mass of soaked fibre.
- A pulpous centre made the pear hard to slice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PULPOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PULPOUS
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Common questions about PULPOUS
- Is PULPOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PULPOUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PULPOUS worth?
- PULPOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PULPOUS mean?
- Containing pulp or having the soft, moist texture of pulp.
- What letters can be added to PULPOUS?
- No single letter can be added to PULPOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PULPOUS:
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