TRUMPERY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TRUMPERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUMPERY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUMPERY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUMPERY
No single letter turns TRUMPERY into another word.
How TRUMPERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRUMPERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRUMPERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRUMPERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Showy things of little or no value; worthless finery or rubbish.
Trumpery suggests glitter that hides emptiness, whether in cheap ornaments or in empty ideas. It can describe goods and also talk, and it usually carries real contempt.
How TRUMPERY is used
Used in literary or critical writing to dismiss flashy but worthless objects or claims.
- The market stall was full of gilded trumpery.
- He swept aside the trumpery of the old court.
- Behind the speech lay nothing but trumpery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUMPERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUMPERY
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Common questions about TRUMPERY
- Is TRUMPERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUMPERY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUMPERY worth?
- TRUMPERY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUMPERY mean?
- Showy things of little or no value; worthless finery or rubbish.
- What letters can be added to TRUMPERY?
- No single letter can be added to TRUMPERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRUMPERY:
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