RUMPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. RUMPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept RUMPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUMPY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUMPY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RUMPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RUMPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does RUMPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tailless Manx cat, one born with a completely flat rump and no tail bone at all.
Manx cat breeders grade the breed by how much tail remains, and a rumpy is judged to have a fully flat rump with no stump or tail bone whatsoever. Cat show judges run a hand along the base of the spine to check that a rumpy has no dimple where a tail would normally begin. The same word is also used loosely as an adjective for anything with an unusually prominent rump, though the cat-breeding sense is the one most people encounter. It is built from rump plus the ending -y, but it has taken on this specific meaning within the cat fancy.
How RUMPY is used
Mainly used by cat fanciers and breed standards when describing Manx cats without any trace of a tail.
- The judge marked the kitten as a true rumpy with no tail stump at all.
- Breeders prize a rumpy over a stumpy because the rump is completely flat.
- A rumpy Manx moves with a slightly different gait than a longer-tailed cat.
- The show entry form asked whether the cat was a rumpy or a stumpy.
- She only breeds rumpy Manx cats for the show ring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUMPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in RUMPY
4 words end in RUMPY. Useful as a back hook: play RUMPY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RUMPY
Common questions about RUMPY
- Is RUMPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUMPY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUMPY worth?
- RUMPY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUMPY mean?
- A tailless Manx cat, one born with a completely flat rump and no tail bone at all.
- What letters can be added to RUMPY?
- RUMPY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RUMPY:
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