SOP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOP?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What stands out about SOP
- The same 3 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 SOP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A concession offered to pacify somebody.
A sop was once a piece of bread dipped in liquid, and the modern sense came from a story in which one was thrown to a guard dog to keep it quiet. The phrase a sop to Cerberus is where English took the idea from.
How SOP is used
Countable: a sop, two sops. Also a verb.
- The rise was a sop and everybody treated it as one.
- A sop to Cerberus is the phrase the sense came from.
- The word sop first meant bread dipped in liquid.
- Two sops in one announcement and no actual change.
- They sopped up the spill with the good towels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOP
The 3 tiles of SOP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SOP
Showing 24 of 67 words that begin with SOP.
Words ending in SOP
6 words end in SOP. Useful as a back hook: play SOP onto a word already on the board.
Words with SOP inside
Showing 24 of 257 words that contain SOP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOP
Common questions about SOP
- Is SOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOP, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOP worth?
- SOP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOP mean?
- A concession offered to pacify somebody.
- What letters can be added to SOP?
- SOP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SOP:
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