WAMPUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WAMPUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAMPUS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAMPUS is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAMPUS
No single letter turns WAMPUS into another word.
How WAMPUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WAMPUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does WAMPUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A strong, loose jacket or cardigan fastened at the neck or wrists, or a clumsy, objectionable person.
Wampus is a rare noun with two quite different senses. The garment sense describes a heavy knitted or woollen jacket, while the person sense is a slangy label for a lout or a difficult fellow. Most players meet wampus only as a Scrabble entry, where it sits beside the spelling wamus.
How WAMPUS is used
Rare; chiefly a word-list entry, with the person sense used informally.
- He pulled a thick wampus over his shirt before going out into the snow.
- The farmer kept an old wampus on a hook by the door.
- Everyone in the bar knew him as a loud, clumsy wampus.
- She knitted a grey wampus for her brother.
- Do not call him a wampus to his face.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAMPUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WAMPUS
The 6 tiles of WAMPUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WAMPUS
1 longer words begin with WAMPUS.
Shorter words from the letters in WAMPUS
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Common questions about WAMPUS
- Is WAMPUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAMPUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAMPUS worth?
- WAMPUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAMPUS mean?
- A strong, loose jacket or cardigan fastened at the neck or wrists, or a clumsy, objectionable person.
- What letters can be added to WAMPUS?
- No single letter can be added to WAMPUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WAMPUS:
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