/sɑp/
nounverb

Is SOP a Scrabble word?

Yes. SOP is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning Something entirely soaked.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Something entirely soaked.

  2. A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.

  3. Gravy.

  4. A thing of little or no value.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To steep or dip in any liquid.

  2. To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: sop via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English sop, soppe, sope, from Old English sopa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Dutch sop, Old High German sopfa), deverbative of *sūpaną (“to sup”). Doublet of soup; more at sup.

SOP at a glance

SOP has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + P 3) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #33,230 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -SOP

More endings

Same last three letters as SOP. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • HYSSOP14
  • SOURSOP9
  • SYSOP10
  • MILKSOP15
  • SWEETSOP13
  • WINESOP12

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