TURPETH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TURPETH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TURPETH?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TURPETH is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TURPETH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
turpethsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TURPETH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TURPETH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does TURPETH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalarchaic
The root of a tropical climbing plant of the morning glory family, once dried and used as a purgative medicine.
Old herbals list turpeth among the standard cathartic drugs, and the name could also point to the twining plant that yields the root. The word survives mostly in historical pharmacy and in word lists.
How TURPETH is used
Turpeth appears in historical medicine and botany texts, rarely in modern speech.
- The apothecary kept a jar of dried turpeth beside the rhubarb root.
- A seventeenth-century recipe calls for an ounce of turpeth ground fine.
- Turpeth was once imported from the East Indies for its purging effect.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TURPETH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TURPETH
1 longer words begin with TURPETH.
Shorter words from the letters in TURPETH
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Common questions about TURPETH
- Is TURPETH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TURPETH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TURPETH worth?
- TURPETH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TURPETH mean?
- The root of a tropical climbing plant of the morning glory family, once dried and used as a purgative medicine.
- What letters can be added to TURPETH?
- TURPETH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TURPETH:
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