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Is pup a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pup is a Scrabble US word. The word pup is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

P3U1P3

Is pup a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pup is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

P3U1P3

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Yes. The word pup is a Words With Friends word. The word pup is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (1 found)

PUP,

2-letter words (1 found)

UP,

You can make 2 words from pup according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of pup

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Definitions and meaning of pup

pup

Etymology

Clipping of puppy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌp

Noun

pup (plural pups)

  1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
  2. A young, inexperienced person.
  3. Any cute dog, regardless of age.
  4. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
  5. (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
  6. (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
  7. (chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
    Coordinate term: bulldog edition

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)

  1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

Translations

See also

  • puppy
  • pup tent
  • sell someone a pup

Anagrams

  • PPU, Upp

Amanab

Noun

pup

  1. broom

Aromanian

Noun

pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)

  1. baby, infant

Derived terms

  • pupul

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pup/
  • Rhymes: -up
  • Syllabification: pup

Noun

pup f

  1. genitive plural of pupa

Romanian

Etymology 1

Regressively derived from the verb pupa.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi)

  1. (informal, familiar, childish) kiss
    Synonym: sărut
Declension
Derived terms
  • pupic

Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly an expressive formation (variant of pop; cf. also coc), or a substratum term (compare Albanian pupë (“bud”)), or less likely linked to (Vulgar) Latin puppa (“teat, nipple”). More likely ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (compare Serbo-Croatian pup (“bud”)) or Hungarian pup, although this would only explain one of the senses.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi) (regional, uncommon)

  1. bud
    Synonym: mugur
  2. something rounded or mound-like; hump, hunch; mound
    Synonym: gheb
  3. morel (mushroom)
    Synonym: zbârciog
  4. freckle; mole; birthmark
    Synonyms: pistrui, aluniță
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûp/

Noun

pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)

  1. bud, burgeon

Declension

References

  • “pup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük

Noun

pup

  1. doll, puppet

Source: wiktionary.org