WOOPIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WOOPIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOOPIE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOOPIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOOPIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
woopiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOOPIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WOOPIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,549.
What does WOOPIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A well-off older person who is retired or nearly so and enjoys an active, comfortable lifestyle.
The term woopie was coined in the style of yuppie, from the first letters of well-off older person, and it appeared when marketers began to notice affluent people of retirement age who travelled, dined out and spent freely. It is also spelled woopy. The word never became common in ordinary conversation and is now met mainly in articles about advertising and in word-game lists.
How WOOPIE is used
Informal and somewhat dated; found in marketing commentary and word lists.
- The cruise line aimed its brochures at the woopie market.
- A typical woopie spends winters somewhere warm.
- The magazine profiled a woopie who ran marathons at seventy.
- Every woopie in the club seemed to own a sailboat.
- Advertisers courted the woopie with offers of luxury travel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOOPIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOOPIE
1 longer words begin with WOOPIE.
Shorter words from the letters in WOOPIE
Common questions about WOOPIE
- Is WOOPIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOOPIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOOPIE worth?
- WOOPIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOOPIE mean?
- A well-off older person who is retired or nearly so and enjoys an active, comfortable lifestyle.
- What letters can be added to WOOPIE?
- WOOPIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WOOPIE:
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