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PIPS

4 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What PIPS Means

PIPS is a form of PIP, which means:

  1. noun: a disease of poultry
  2. noun: a minor nonspecific ailment
  3. verb: kill by firing a missile
  4. verb: hit with a missile from a weapon

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PIPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 I1 P3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PIPS

7 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing PIPS

PIPS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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