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Is layup a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word layup is a Scrabble US word. The word layup is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

L1A1Y4U1P3

Is layup a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word layup is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

L1A1Y4U1P3

Is layup a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word layup is a Words With Friends word. The word layup is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2A1Y3U2P4

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5-letter words (2 found)

LAYUP,UPLAY,

4-letter words (6 found)

PALY,PAUL,PLAY,PULA,PULY,YAUP,

3-letter words (14 found)

ALP,ALU,AYU,LAP,LAY,PAL,PAY,PLU,PLY,PUL,PUY,PYA,YAP,YUP,

2-letter words (7 found)

AL,AY,LA,PA,UP,YA,YU,

You can make 29 words from layup according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of layup

layup alyup lyaup ylaup aylup yalup lauyp aluyp luayp ulayp aulyp ualyp lyuap yluap luyap ulyap yulap uylap ayulp yaulp auylp uaylp yualp uyalp laypu alypu lyapu ylapu aylpu yalpu lapyu alpyu lpayu playu aplyu palyu lypau ylpau lpyau plyau yplau pylau ayplu yaplu apylu paylu ypalu pyalu laupy alupy luapy ulapy aulpy ualpy lapuy alpuy lpauy plauy apluy paluy lupay ulpay lpuay pluay uplay pulay auply uaply apuly pauly upaly pualy lyupa ylupa luypa ulypa yulpa uylpa lypua ylpua lpyua plyua yplua pylua lupya ulpya lpuya pluya uplya pulya yupla uypla ypula pyula upyla puyla ayupl yaupl auypl uaypl yuapl uyapl aypul yapul apyul payul ypaul pyaul aupyl uapyl apuyl pauyl upayl puayl yupal uypal ypual pyual upyal puyal

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Definitions and meaning of layup

layup

Alternative forms

  • lay-up

Etymology

lay +‎ up

Noun

layup (plural layups)

  1. (basketball) A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
  2. (colloquial) A relatively easy task.
    Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.
  3. The state of being laid up.
    The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.
  4. (rail transport, countable or uncountable) A track used to store train cars.
    The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.
  5. (rail transport) A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
    Though I knew we shouldn't be there, she pulled me out of the tunnel and into the dark layup, its floors still grubby from the morning commute many hours ago.
  6. (materials science) The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.
    Forgetting to clear the sawdust around his workshop, Payton ended up contaminating the resin-ply matrix with wood particles during his hand layup.

Related terms

  • reverse layup

Translations

See also

  • slam dunk

Anagrams

  • Pauly, uplay

Source: wiktionary.org