TUPIK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TUPIK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUPIK?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUPIK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUPIK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tupiksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUPIK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TUPIK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does TUPIK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tent made of animal skins, traditionally used by Inuit and other Arctic peoples as a summer dwelling.
A tupik was built from sewn animal hides stretched over a simple frame, offering a lighter and more portable shelter than the snow-built structures used in winter. Arctic peoples moved between dwellings with the seasons, living in a tupik during the warmer months when snow shelters were impractical and hunting took families across wider stretches of land. Early explorers and anthropologists recorded the word tupik in accounts of Arctic travel, and it survives today mainly in historical and ethnographic writing rather than in everyday speech. The tupik differed from the winter iglu mainly in material and season of use, though both served the same basic purpose of shelter.
How TUPIK is used
Historical and specialised, used mainly in accounts of Arctic peoples and their traditional seasonal dwellings.
- The family packed up the tupik as summer began.
- Explorers described sleeping in a tupik during their Arctic journey.
- The museum display included a reconstructed tupik made of sealskin.
- Unlike the winter shelter, the tupik could be moved easily between camps.
- Anthropologists studied how the tupik was constructed and repaired.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUPIK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUPIK
1 longer words begin with TUPIK.
Shorter words from the letters in TUPIK
Common questions about TUPIK
- Is TUPIK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUPIK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUPIK worth?
- TUPIK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUPIK mean?
- A tent made of animal skins, traditionally used by Inuit and other Arctic peoples as a summer dwelling.
- What letters can be added to TUPIK?
- TUPIK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TUPIK:
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