TRUMP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TRUMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUMP?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUMP is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUMP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trumpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRUMP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRUMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does TRUMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
In card games, a card from the suit chosen to outrank all cards of other suits during a hand.
A trump card beats any card from a non-trump suit no matter its rank, which is why players guard their trumps carefully and use them at decisive moments in games such as bridge, euchre, and spades. As a verb, to trump means to play such a card, and the sense has spread well beyond cards into everyday speech, where trumping an argument means overriding or beating it decisively. The related phrase trump up describes fabricating a false charge or excuse, as in a trumped-up accusation. Across these uses, trump always carries the core idea of one thing decisively outranking or overriding another.
How TRUMP is used
Trump is standard vocabulary in card games and is also common figuratively for decisively overriding or beating something.
- She played her last trump to win the final trick.
- Spades were declared trump for that round of the game.
- His argument trumped every objection raised at the meeting.
- The charge against him turned out to be trumped up.
- A single high trump can turn an entire hand around.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRUMP
17 longer words begin with TRUMP.
Words ending in TRUMP
4 words end in TRUMP. Useful as a back hook: play TRUMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRUMP inside
13 words contain TRUMP in the middle. Words that start with TRUMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUMP
Common questions about TRUMP
- Is TRUMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUMP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUMP worth?
- TRUMP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUMP mean?
- In card games, a card from the suit chosen to outrank all cards of other suits during a hand.
- What letters can be added to TRUMP?
- TRUMP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRUMP:
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