WIMP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WIMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIMP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIMP is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WIMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does WIMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A weak or timid person.
Wimp is American and from the 1920s, and its origin is disputed: a character in a comic strip is one suggestion among several. The computing sense is an acronym and completely unrelated.
How WIMP is used
Countable: a wimp, two wimps. Informal.
- Calling somebody a wimp settles nothing.
- The word wimp has a disputed origin.
- They wimped out an hour before the start.
- The computing wimp is an acronym and a different word.
- A wimp in a comic strip may be where the word began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIMP
16 longer words begin with WIMP.
Shorter words from the letters in WIMP
Common questions about WIMP
- Is WIMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIMP, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIMP worth?
- WIMP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIMP mean?
- A weak or timid person.
- What letters can be added to WIMP?
- WIMP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WIMP:
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