SCUPPER is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCUPPER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCUPPER?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCUPPER is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCUPPER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scuppersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCUPPER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SCUPPER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What does SCUPPER mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishinformal
To ruin or defeat a plan, or to sink a ship on purpose.
To scupper a plan is to wreck it before it can succeed, and the image comes from sinking a vessel. As a noun, a scupper is also the drain hole in a ship deck that lets water run off.
How SCUPPER is used
Scupper is common in British news, usually about plans or deals.
- A late storm threatened to scupper the picnic.
- The crew chose to scupper the ship rather than give it up.
- Rising costs could scupper the whole project.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCUPPER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCUPPER
The 7 tiles of SCUPPER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCUPPER
5 longer words begin with SCUPPER.
Shorter words from the letters in SCUPPER
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Common questions about SCUPPER
- Is SCUPPER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCUPPER, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCUPPER worth?
- SCUPPER is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCUPPER mean?
- To ruin or defeat a plan, or to sink a ship on purpose.
- What letters can be added to SCUPPER?
- SCUPPER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SCUPPER:
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