WIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WIPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIPE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIPE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does WIPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To clean or dry by rubbing a surface.
Wipe is Old English and picked up a computing sense in the twentieth century, where wiping a disk means overwriting rather than deleting. The distinction matters legally.
How WIPE is used
Wiped, wipes. Also a noun.
- They wiped the table and left the crumbs on the floor.
- The word wipe is Old English.
- A wipe of a disk overwrites rather than deletes.
- Two wipes with a damp cloth were enough.
- The legal difference turns on what wipe means.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIPE
7 longer words begin with WIPE.
Words ending in WIPE
4 words end in WIPE. Useful as a back hook: play WIPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WIPE inside
14 words contain WIPE in the middle. Words that start with WIPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WIPE
Common questions about WIPE
- Is WIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIPE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIPE worth?
- WIPE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIPE mean?
- To clean or dry by rubbing a surface.
- What letters can be added to WIPE?
- WIPE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WIPE:
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