WHAUP is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHAUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHAUP?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHAUP is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHAUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whaupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHAUP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHAUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does WHAUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A Scots dialect word for the curlew, a large wading bird with a long curved bill and a distinctive wailing call.
The whaup is best known in Scottish and northern English speech, where its haunting, rising cry across moorland and coast has long been noted in folklore and poetry. The name whaup is thought to imitate the call of the bird, much as the standard English name curlew does in a different way. A writer describing moorland scenery or older country life often chooses whaup for local colour even where curlew would be understood everywhere.
How WHAUP is used
Scots and northern English dialect; found in nature writing, folklore and poetry set in Scotland.
- The cry of the whaup carried across the empty moor at dusk.
- A whaup rose from the heather as we passed.
- Local children knew the whaup by its call long before they saw one.
- The poem opens with the lonely call of the whaup over the hills.
- Fishermen said a calling whaup at night meant a storm was coming.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHAUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHAUP
1 longer words begin with WHAUP.
Shorter words from the letters in WHAUP
Common questions about WHAUP
- Is WHAUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHAUP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHAUP worth?
- WHAUP is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHAUP mean?
- A Scots dialect word for the curlew, a large wading bird with a long curved bill and a distinctive wailing call.
- What letters can be added to WHAUP?
- WHAUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHAUP:
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