SCARP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SCARP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCARP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCARP is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCARP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCARP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCARP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about SCARP
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SCARP mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A steep slope or long line of cliffs, especially one formed by erosion or the shifting of underground rock layers.
A scarp marks a sudden break in the land, where the ground drops sharply instead of sloping gradually, often exposing bare rock along the face. Geologists study a scarp to read the layers of rock it exposes, since the abrupt drop can reveal a fault line or a boundary between different rock formations. The word is also short for escarpment, and the two terms are often used interchangeably in geography and hiking descriptions. Coastal scarps form where waves undercut a cliff, while inland scarps more often result from ancient faulting or erosion of softer rock beneath a harder cap.
How SCARP is used
Scarp is chiefly a geographic and geological term, used in descriptions of cliffs, faults, and steep terrain.
- The trail climbed steeply toward the base of the scarp.
- Erosion had carved a jagged scarp along the coastline.
- Geologists mapped the fault line exposed in the scarp.
- Wind and rain slowly reshape the soft rock of the scarp.
- Hikers paused to admire the view from atop the scarp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCARP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCARP
The 5 tiles of SCARP in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SCARP
19 longer words begin with SCARP.
Words ending in SCARP
2 words end in SCARP. Useful as a back hook: play SCARP onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCARP inside
8 words contain SCARP in the middle. Words that start with SCARP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCARP
Common questions about SCARP
- Is SCARP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCARP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCARP worth?
- SCARP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCARP mean?
- A steep slope or long line of cliffs, especially one formed by erosion or the shifting of underground rock layers.
- What letters can be added to SCARP?
- SCARP takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCARP:
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