WAMPUMPEAG is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. WAMPUMPEAG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 28 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAMPUMPEAG?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAMPUMPEAG is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAMPUMPEAG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wampumpeagsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAMPUMPEAG scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in WAMPUMPEAG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WAMPUMPEAG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WAMPUMPEAG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Small beads made from polished shells, strung or woven into belts and used by Native American peoples as ornament and currency.
Wampumpeag is the longer, older form of the shorter word wampum. Early colonial writers used it for the shell beads traded with Native nations.
How WAMPUMPEAG is used
Found in historical texts about colonial North America.
- The settlers accepted wampumpeag as payment for furs.
- A belt of wampumpeag sealed the agreement between the two nations.
- The old chronicle lists strings of wampumpeag among the gifts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAMPUMPEAG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAMPUMPEAG
1 longer words begin with WAMPUMPEAG.
Shorter words from the letters in WAMPUMPEAG
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Common questions about WAMPUMPEAG
- Is WAMPUMPEAG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAMPUMPEAG, where it scores 28 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAMPUMPEAG worth?
- WAMPUMPEAG is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAMPUMPEAG mean?
- Small beads made from polished shells, strung or woven into belts and used by Native American peoples as ornament and currency.
- What letters can be added to WAMPUMPEAG?
- WAMPUMPEAG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of WAMPUMPEAG:
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