PUT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does PUT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move something into a particular position.
Put is one of very few English verbs identical in all three principal parts, and unlike cut it does not even change the vowel sound between them. It also carries more phrasal uses than almost any other verb in the language.
How PUT is used
Past tense and participle are both put. Putting.
- He put the keys somewhere and has not found them since.
- She put in a claim and heard nothing for a year.
- The verb put does not change in the past.
- Putting it off makes it larger, not smaller.
- They put up with the noise for two summers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PUT
The 3 tiles of PUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PUT
Showing 24 of 105 words that begin with PUT.
Words ending in PUT
17 words end in PUT. Useful as a back hook: play PUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUT inside
Showing 24 of 249 words that contain PUT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUT
Common questions about PUT
- Is PUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUT worth?
- PUT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUT mean?
- To move something into a particular position.
- What letters can be added to PUT?
- PUT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PUT:
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