VIPER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VIPER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIPER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIPER is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIPER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vipersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIPER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIPER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does VIPER mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A venomous snake with long hinged fangs, or a person regarded as treacherous.
A viper belongs to a family of snakes whose long fangs fold flat against the roof of the mouth when it is closed, snapping forward only to strike. English borrowed the same word figuratively for a treacherous or spiteful person, an image kept alive in the idiom a viper in the nest.
How VIPER is used
Both literal, for the snake, and figurative, for a treacherous person; the figurative sense is common in idiom.
- The viper struck only when the walker's boot came too close.
- He called his rival a viper for turning on old friends.
- A viper's fangs fold flat against the roof of its mouth until it strikes.
- She had kept a viper in the nest for years without knowing it.
- The zoo's viper enclosure warns visitors to stay well back from the glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIPER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIPER
10 longer words begin with VIPER.
Words with VIPER inside
1 words contain VIPER in the middle. Words that start with VIPER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIPER
Common questions about VIPER
- Is VIPER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIPER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIPER worth?
- VIPER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIPER mean?
- A venomous snake with long hinged fangs, or a person regarded as treacherous.
- What letters can be added to VIPER?
- VIPER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIPER:
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