ZOPPO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 18 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZOPPO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 18 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZOPPO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOPPO is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOPPO
No single letter turns ZOPPO into another word.
How ZOPPO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZOPPO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,689 thousand.
What does ZOPPO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Marked by a limping, syncopated rhythm, in the manner called alla zoppa.
A passage described as zoppo has the same halting, off-beat quality as the zoppa rhythm, with accents falling where a listener does not expect them. The term is the masculine Italian form used alongside the more common zoppa.
How ZOPPO is used
Rare, specialist music term found mainly in performance notes and analysis.
- The score marks this bar as zoppo, calling for a limping accent.
- A zoppo passage should feel deliberately uneven, not smoothed out.
- The teacher demonstrated a zoppo phrase on the piano.
- Critics praised the orchestra's handling of the zoppo section.
- Few dances of the era avoided a zoppo figure entirely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOPPO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOPPO
Common questions about ZOPPO
- Is ZOPPO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZOPPO is not in it.
- How many points is ZOPPO worth?
- ZOPPO is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOPPO mean?
- Marked by a limping, syncopated rhythm, in the manner called alla zoppa.
- What letters can be added to ZOPPO?
- No single letter can be added to ZOPPO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZOPPO:
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