TOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOPE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOPE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about TOPE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 TOPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To drink alcohol regularly and to excess.
A character described as one who would tope in an old novel spends much of the story drinking heavily. The verb tope survives now mainly in literary or humorous descriptions of habitual drinkers.
How TOPE is used
Archaic and literary; rarely used in ordinary modern speech.
- The old sailor would tope in the tavern every evening.
- He was known to tope until well past midnight.
- The novel describes a nobleman who toped away his fortune.
- Village gossips said the miller loved to tope with his friends.
- She scolded her uncle, who would rather tope than work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TOPE
The 4 tiles of TOPE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TOPE
10 longer words begin with TOPE.
Words ending in TOPE
6 words end in TOPE. Useful as a back hook: play TOPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOPE inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain TOPE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TOPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOPE
Common questions about TOPE
- Is TOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOPE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOPE worth?
- TOPE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOPE mean?
- To drink alcohol regularly and to excess.
- What letters can be added to TOPE?
- TOPE takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TOPE:
Open TOPE in the Word Finder