What WHIPS Means
WHIPS is a form of WHIP, which means:
- verb: beat severely with a whip or rod“The teacher often flogged the students”
- verb: defeat thoroughly“He mopped up the floor with his opponents”
- noun: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- noun: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WHIPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 H4 I1 P3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In WHIPS
20 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.
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing WHIPS
WHIPS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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