TAWPIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TAWPIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAWPIE?
| 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 TAWPIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAWPIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tawpiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAWPIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAWPIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does TAWPIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A foolish, clumsy or thoughtless young person, especially a girl.
Tawpie is a Scots word for a young person who acts without thinking or who goes about things awkwardly. It can be scolding or affectionate, depending on the tone, rather like calling someone a goose or a silly girl. Writers of Scottish dialect fiction use it for local colour, and it also turns up as a spelling variant, taupie.
How TAWPIE is used
Scots; heard rarely, mostly in dialect writing and older speech.
- Her granny called her a tawpie when she dropped the milk.
- Dinna be a tawpie, and look where you are walking.
- The old novel is full of tawpie lasses who forget their errands.
- He was no tawpie, though he played the fool for his friends.
- A tawpie of a girl left the gate open again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAWPIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAWPIE
1 longer words begin with TAWPIE.
Shorter words from the letters in TAWPIE
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Common questions about TAWPIE
- Is TAWPIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAWPIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAWPIE worth?
- TAWPIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAWPIE mean?
- A foolish, clumsy or thoughtless young person, especially a girl.
- What letters can be added to TAWPIE?
- TAWPIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAWPIE:
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