URPS is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 6 points
Yes for Scrabble. URPS is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept URPS?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URPS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URPS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How URPS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in URPS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What stands out about URPS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does URPS mean in Scrabble?
verb
slanginformalNorth American
To vomit or bring food back up, informal.
Urps is the everyday present-tense form of the slang verb urp. A stomach that urps is bringing food part-way back up, whether in a small belch or a fuller retch.
How URPS is used
Casual and mostly spoken, often used lightly about babies, pets or motion sickness.
- The baby urps a little milk after every bottle.
- He urps quietly whenever the car goes over a bump.
- The dog urps its breakfast onto the kitchen floor.
- She grimaced as her stomach urps at the smell of fish.
- The roller coaster left half the class feeling as if lunch urps back up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URPS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URPS
The 4 tiles of URPS in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in URPS
5 words end in URPS. Useful as a back hook: play URPS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in URPS
Common questions about URPS
- Is URPS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and URPS is not in it.
- How many points is URPS worth?
- URPS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URPS mean?
- To vomit or bring food back up, informal.
- What letters can be added to URPS?
- URPS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of URPS:
Open URPS in the Word Finder