TIP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TIP 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 TIP?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does TIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The pointed end of something.
The three uses of tip — the point, the money and the act of tilting — are three separate words. The money one is seventeenth-century slang for giving, and the tale about it standing for to insure promptness was invented long afterwards.
How TIP is used
Countable. Also a verb: tipped, tipping.
- The tip of the blade had broken off inside.
- A tip of ten per cent is expected and rarely earned.
- He tipped the wheelbarrow and lost half the load.
- The story about tip standing for a phrase is invented.
- Three separate words are spelled tip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIP
The 3 tiles of TIP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TIP
Showing 24 of 65 words that begin with TIP.
Words ending in TIP
6 words end in TIP. Useful as a back hook: play TIP onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIP inside
Showing 24 of 326 words that contain TIP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIP
Common questions about TIP
- Is TIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIP, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIP worth?
- TIP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIP mean?
- The pointed end of something.
- What letters can be added to TIP?
- TIP takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TIP:
Open TIP in the Word Finder