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POPS

4 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What POPS Means

POPS is a form of POP, which means:

  1. verb: bulge outward“His eyes popped”
  2. verb: hit a pop-fly“He popped out to shortstop”
  3. noun: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
  4. noun: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring“in New England they call sodas ‘tonics’”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

POPS 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 O1 P3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In POPS

8 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 (4)

Longer Words Containing POPS

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

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