PUP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUP?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUP is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,425.
What stands out about PUP
- PUP is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young dog or seal.
Pup and puppy are the same word at two lengths, and the shorter one is used more for seals than for dogs: a seal pup is standard and a seal puppy is not. The verb means to give birth and is used of both animals in the same way.
How PUP is used
Countable: a pup, two pups. Also a verb.
- The seal pup was left on the beach for a fortnight.
- A pup that size is about eight weeks old.
- The bitch pupped in the night and told nobody.
- Two pups from the same litter went to the same street.
- A seal pup is standard and a seal puppy is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUP
Showing 24 of 69 words that begin with PUP.
Words ending in PUP
2 words end in PUP. Useful as a back hook: play PUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUP inside
12 words contain PUP in the middle. Words that start with PUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUP
Common questions about PUP
- Is PUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUP worth?
- PUP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUP mean?
- A young dog or seal.
- What letters can be added to PUP?
- PUP takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PUP:
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