TAPPER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TAPPER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAPPER?
| 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 TAPPER is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAPPER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tappersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAPPER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAPPER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does TAPPER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person or device that taps, such as a worker who draws sap from trees or a key used to send a signal.
A tapper may be a person who strikes a surface lightly and repeatedly, a rubber worker who cuts the bark of a tree to let the sap run, or a tavern hand who opens a cask. The word also covers a tool that cuts screw threads and a telegraph key. What the senses share is the action of tapping, whether to knock, to draw off or to cut.
How TAPPER is used
Context decides the sense; in compounds such as wire tapper the meaning is usually plain.
- The rubber tapper rose before dawn to reach the trees.
- A steady tapper on the desk kept the whole room on edge.
- The old inn employed a tapper to look after the barrels.
- He fitted the tapper to the drill and cut a clean thread.
- Every tapper in the plantation carried a small curved knife.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAPPER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAPPER
1 longer words begin with TAPPER.
Shorter words from the letters in TAPPER
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Common questions about TAPPER
- Is TAPPER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAPPER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAPPER worth?
- TAPPER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAPPER mean?
- A person or device that taps, such as a worker who draws sap from trees or a key used to send a signal.
- What letters can be added to TAPPER?
- TAPPER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAPPER:
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