ZUPAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZUPAN 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZUPAN?
| 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 ZUPAN is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZUPAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zupansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZUPAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZUPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does ZUPAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A hereditary or elected chieftain who governed a zupa, a traditional territorial community among the South Slavic peoples in the medieval and early modern periods.
A zupan held authority roughly comparable to that of a count or a local lord, presiding over the affairs of a zupa and often owing allegiance to a higher ruler or prince. The title was used across Serbian, Croatian and other South Slavic lands long before those regions formed modern states. In some places the office survived into later centuries as a mostly ceremonial or administrative post.
How ZUPAN is used
A historical title met mainly in accounts of medieval Slavic society rather than in everyday English.
- The chronicle names the zupan who led the village council.
- A zupan answered to the prince for order within his territory.
- Historians compare the zupan to an early medieval count.
- The old fortress once served as the seat of a local zupan.
- Later administrators kept the title of zupan long after its original power had faded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZUPAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZUPAN
1 longer words begin with ZUPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ZUPAN
Common questions about ZUPAN
- Is ZUPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZUPAN is not in it.
- How many points is ZUPAN worth?
- ZUPAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZUPAN mean?
- A hereditary or elected chieftain who governed a zupa, a traditional territorial community among the South Slavic peoples in the medieval and early modern periods.
- What letters can be added to ZUPAN?
- ZUPAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZUPAN:
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