SOPH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SOPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOPH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOPH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOPH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOPH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SOPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What stands out about SOPH
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 SOPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A second-year student — the short form.
Soph is a clipping used in American college slang, and the long word it comes from is built on Greek roots meaning wise and foolish at once. That joke is older than the clipping.
How SOPH is used
Countable: a soph, two sophs. Informal.
- A soph running the club in her second term.
- The word soph is a college clipping.
- Two sophs and a freshman shared the room.
- The long form behind soph means wise and foolish together.
- Soph belongs to American college slang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOPH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOPH
The 4 tiles of SOPH in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SOPH
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with SOPH.
Words ending in SOPH
3 words end in SOPH. Useful as a back hook: play SOPH onto a word already on the board.
Words with SOPH inside
Showing 24 of 170 words that contain SOPH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOPH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOPH
Common questions about SOPH
- Is SOPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOPH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOPH worth?
- SOPH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOPH mean?
- A second-year student — the short form.
- What letters can be added to SOPH?
- SOPH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SOPH:
Open SOPH in the Word Finder