TUPPING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TUPPING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUPPING?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUPPING is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUPPING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tuppingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUPPING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TUPPING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does TUPPING mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalregional
The mating of a ram with a ewe in sheep farming.
Farmers plan their tupping carefully, because its timing sets when lambs will be born in spring. Rams are often turned out with the flock in autumn for this purpose. The term belongs to British farming vocabulary.
How TUPPING is used
Used by farmers and in rural writing about the sheep year.
- Tupping begins in October on the hill farm.
- The shepherd marked each ewe after tupping.
- Good feed before tupping improves the number of lambs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUPPING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUPPING
1 longer words begin with TUPPING.
Shorter words from the letters in TUPPING
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Common questions about TUPPING
- Is TUPPING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUPPING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUPPING worth?
- TUPPING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUPPING mean?
- The mating of a ram with a ewe in sheep farming.
- What letters can be added to TUPPING?
- TUPPING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TUPPING:
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