TUMPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. TUMPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TUMPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUMPY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUMPY
Front hooks — 1
stumpyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TUMPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TUMPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does TUMPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialectBritish
Covered in small mounds, or having an uneven, hummocky surface.
Tumpy comes from tump, a dialect word for a small mound or hillock found mainly in western England and Wales. Ground described as tumpy rises and falls in short, rounded bumps rather than in a smooth slope, and the word is used almost entirely about land, fields or turf.
How TUMPY is used
Regional dialect; heard in descriptions of uneven farmland rather than in general speech.
- The tumpy field made the tractor lurch at every pass.
- Sheep grazed the tumpy pasture without much trouble.
- He warned us the path grew tumpy near the old quarry.
- A tumpy lawn is hard to mow evenly.
- The surveyor marked the ground as tumpy on the old map.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUMPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TUMPY
The 5 tiles of TUMPY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in TUMPY
1 words end in TUMPY. Useful as a back hook: play TUMPY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in TUMPY
Common questions about TUMPY
- Is TUMPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TUMPY is not in it.
- How many points is TUMPY worth?
- TUMPY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUMPY mean?
- Covered in small mounds, or having an uneven, hummocky surface.
- What letters can be added to TUMPY?
- TUMPY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TUMPY:
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