/sʌp/
verbnounadjective

Is SUP a Scrabble word?

Yes. SUP is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.

  2. To eat supper.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A sip; a small amount, of food or drink, water or rain.

  2. Superintendent.

  3. Supremum, upper limit.

  4. Supplement.

Adjective 1 meaning

  1. Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”).

Similar and opposite words

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SUP at a glance

SUP has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + P 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,583 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -SUP

More endings

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

  • WASSUP11
  • TOSSUP8
  • CATSUP10
  • OVERSUP12

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