STUPA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. STUPA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STUPA?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STUPA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STUPA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stupasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STUPA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STUPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about STUPA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 STUPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dome-shaped monument built to house sacred relics or commemorate an important event in Buddhism.
A stupa typically rises as a solid dome or mound, often topped with a spire, and pilgrims walk clockwise around its base as an act of devotion rather than entering it, since most stupas have no interior space to speak of. The earliest stupas were built to hold relics associated with the Buddha himself, and later ones came to mark important sites or events, or to hold the remains of respected teachers. The word comes from Sanskrit, where it originally meant simply a heap or mound, reflecting the shape's origin in earlier earthen burial mounds. Stupas spread far beyond India alongside Buddhism itself, taking different regional forms such as the pagoda in East Asia and the chorten in Tibet, though all trace back to the same basic idea.
How STUPA is used
A standard term in Buddhist architecture and religious studies, describing a domed monument found across South, Southeast and East Asia.
- Pilgrims circled the stupa slowly, spinning the prayer wheels set into its base.
- The ancient stupa had stood on the hillside for over a thousand years.
- Gold leaf covered the spire rising from the top of the stupa.
- Archaeologists uncovered relics buried deep within the base of the stupa.
- Monks lit small lamps around the base of the stupa each evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STUPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STUPA
The 5 tiles of STUPA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with STUPA
1 longer words begin with STUPA.
Shorter words from the letters in STUPA
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Common questions about STUPA
- Is STUPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STUPA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STUPA worth?
- STUPA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STUPA mean?
- A dome-shaped monument built to house sacred relics or commemorate an important event in Buddhism.
- What letters can be added to STUPA?
- STUPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STUPA:
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