WHELP is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHELP 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 WHELP?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHELP is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHELP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whelpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHELP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHELP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does WHELP mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A young dog, wolf or similar animal; a pup or cub.
Farmers, hunters and breeders use whelp for the litter a bitch or wolf produces, and the same word serves as a verb for the act of giving birth to that litter. Older writing also used whelp scornfully of an impudent or ill-mannered young person, a sense that survives mainly in historical fiction today. In current use whelp appears most often in writing about animals, hunting and breeding rather than in ordinary pet talk, where puppy is now the standard choice.
How WHELP is used
Somewhat literary or old-fashioned; used of young dogs and wolves in nature and hunting writing.
- The wolf led her whelps out of the den at dusk.
- A single whelp was left behind after the litter was sold.
- The hound is due to whelp within the week.
- Farmers kept the strongest whelp from each litter for herding.
- The old story calls the young hero an impudent whelp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHELP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHELP
4 longer words begin with WHELP.
Shorter words from the letters in WHELP
Common questions about WHELP
- Is WHELP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHELP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHELP worth?
- WHELP is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHELP mean?
- A young dog, wolf or similar animal; a pup or cub.
- What letters can be added to WHELP?
- WHELP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHELP:
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