SALEP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SALEP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALEP?
| 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 SALEP is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALEP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
salepsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALEP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SALEP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SALEP
- The same 5 tiles also spell 9 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SALEP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A starchy flour prepared from the dried, ground tubers of certain orchids, used to thicken foods and to make a warm drink.
Salep is made by drying and grinding the underground tubers of wild orchids into a fine powder, which turns thick and slightly gluey when mixed with hot water or milk, a texture that made it popular in cold weather long before coffee became common. The drink made from salep is still served hot and sweetened, dusted with cinnamon, across Turkey and parts of the Middle East, and the same powder gives a distinctive stretchy texture to traditional Turkish ice cream. Because harvesting salep requires digging up wild orchids, overcollection has made several orchid species rare, and some countries now restrict or ban its export. Older English writers also spelled the word saloop or salop, though salep is the form most often used today.
How SALEP is used
A culinary and botanical term, met mainly in writing about Middle Eastern and Turkish food and drink.
- She bought a cup of hot salep dusted with cinnamon from the street vendor.
- The ice cream got its stretchy texture from a small amount of salep.
- Harvesting salep has become restricted because it threatens wild orchid populations.
- The old herbal recommended salep mixed with warm milk for a weak stomach.
- A jar of dried salep powder sat on the shelf beside the spices.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALEP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALEP
The 5 tiles of SALEP in a different order — 9 found.
Words starting with SALEP
1 longer words begin with SALEP.
Shorter words from the letters in SALEP
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Common questions about SALEP
- Is SALEP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALEP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALEP worth?
- SALEP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALEP mean?
- A starchy flour prepared from the dried, ground tubers of certain orchids, used to thicken foods and to make a warm drink.
- What letters can be added to SALEP?
- SALEP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SALEP:
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