SCOPA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SCOPA 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 SCOPA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCOPA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCOPA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCOPA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCOPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about SCOPA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SCOPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A dense patch or brush of hairs on the leg or body of a bee, used to gather and carry pollen back to the hive or nest.
A scopa lets a bee comb pollen out of flowers and pack it against its body for the flight home, and different bee families carry theirs in different places, on the hind legs, the underside of the abdomen, or both. The word comes from the Latin scopa, meaning broom, because the tuft of hairs works much like bristles sweeping up dust. Beekeepers and entomologists use scopa rather than a plain description because it names a specific structure with its own shape and function.
How SCOPA is used
A specialist term in entomology, used when describing how bees collect pollen rather than in everyday speech.
- The bee's scopa was already yellow with pollen by the time it left the flower.
- Some solitary bees carry pollen on a scopa under the abdomen instead of on the legs.
- Under a microscope, the scopa looks like a stiff little brush of curved hairs.
- Honeybees pack pollen from the scopa into solid pellets on their hind legs.
- The size and shape of the scopa can help identify which family a bee belongs to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCOPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCOPA
The 5 tiles of SCOPA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SCOPA
3 longer words begin with SCOPA.
Words with SCOPA inside
20 words contain SCOPA in the middle. Words that start with SCOPA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCOPA
Common questions about SCOPA
- Is SCOPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCOPA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCOPA worth?
- SCOPA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCOPA mean?
- A dense patch or brush of hairs on the leg or body of a bee, used to gather and carry pollen back to the hive or nest.
- What letters can be added to SCOPA?
- SCOPA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCOPA:
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