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PUPS

4 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What PUPS Means

PUPS is a form of PUP, which means:

  1. noun: young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  2. noun: an inexperienced young person
  3. verb: give birth to (a puppy)“the dog whelped”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PUPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 P3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PUPS

6 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 (2)

Longer Words Containing PUPS

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

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