TUP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUP?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does TUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A ram; also, to mate with a ewe.
Tup is northern English and Scots for a ram, and as a verb it names what the ram does. Shakespeare used the verb about people in Othello, which is the only place most readers will ever come across it.
How TUP is used
Noun and verb. Tupped, tupping. Northern and Scots.
- The tup goes in with the ewes in November.
- A tup is a ram in the north of England.
- Tupping time is the same fortnight every year.
- Shakespeare used tup as a verb about people.
- Two tups for eighty ewes is the usual proportion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TUP
The 3 tiles of TUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TUP
20 longer words begin with TUP.
Words ending in TUP
13 words end in TUP. Useful as a back hook: play TUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUP inside
Showing 24 of 149 words that contain TUP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUP
Common questions about TUP
- Is TUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUP, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUP worth?
- TUP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUP mean?
- A ram; also, to mate with a ewe.
- What letters can be added to TUP?
- TUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TUP:
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