YAUP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. YAUP 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 YAUP?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAUP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yaupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAUP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in YAUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does YAUP mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To cry out harshly.
Yaup imitates a rough shout and is chiefly Scottish and northern English. An American poet used a different spelling of the same word in a line that made it famous.
How YAUP is used
Yauped, yauping. Also spelled yawp.
- They yaup at each other across the yard all morning.
- The word yaup imitates a rough shout.
- A yaup carries further than a shout.
- The other spelling of yaup appears in a famous line.
- Yaup is Scottish and northern English.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YAUP
7 longer words begin with YAUP.
Shorter words from the letters in YAUP
Common questions about YAUP
- Is YAUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAUP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAUP worth?
- YAUP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAUP mean?
- To cry out harshly.
- What letters can be added to YAUP?
- YAUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of YAUP:
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