SEMIPOPULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SEMIPOPULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIPOPULAR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIPOPULAR is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIPOPULAR
No single letter turns SEMIPOPULAR into another word.
How SEMIPOPULAR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SEMIPOPULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIPOPULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SEMIPOPULAR
- SEMIPOPULAR contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEMIPOPULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Fairly well liked or understood by the public, but not fully mainstream.
Semipopular is used for books, music or ideas that reach a wide audience yet keep some specialist depth. A semipopular science book is aimed at readers who are curious but not trained. The word sits between academic and popular.
How SEMIPOPULAR is used
Used for publications and art that are accessible but not aimed at mass markets.
- She wrote a semipopular history of the railway.
- The band had a semipopular following in the north.
- The journal offers semipopular articles for general readers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIPOPULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIPOPULAR
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Common questions about SEMIPOPULAR
- Is SEMIPOPULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIPOPULAR, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIPOPULAR worth?
- SEMIPOPULAR is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIPOPULAR mean?
- Fairly well liked or understood by the public, but not fully mainstream.
- What letters can be added to SEMIPOPULAR?
- No single letter can be added to SEMIPOPULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SEMIPOPULAR:
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