YUP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. YUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YUP?
| 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 YUP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YUP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in YUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does YUP mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
Yes, in relaxed speech.
Yup differs from its neighbours by attitude rather than by meaning: it is the least emphatic of the informal answers and the least likely to be followed by anything at all. American in origin and now general, it is what somebody says while already doing the thing.
How YUP is used
Stands alone as a whole answer. Informal.
- Yup, on my way.
- He said yup without looking up from the engine.
- A yup means the matter is settled and nobody is arguing.
- She answers yup to anything that needs no thought.
- Yup is the calmest of the short answers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YUP
The 3 tiles of YUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YUP
19 longer words begin with YUP.
Words ending in YUP
3 words end in YUP. Useful as a back hook: play YUP onto a word already on the board.
Words with YUP inside
2 words contain YUP in the middle. Words that start with YUP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in YUP
Common questions about YUP
- Is YUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YUP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YUP worth?
- YUP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YUP mean?
- Yes, in relaxed speech.
- What letters can be added to YUP?
- YUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of YUP:
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