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WHOOP

5 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What WHOOP Means

  1. verb: shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm“The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table”
  2. verb: cough spasmodically“The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”
  3. noun: a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WHOOP 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 O1 O1 P3.

Words Made From The Letters In WHOOP

22 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 (3)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing WHOOP

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

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