Is LAYUP a word?
LAYUP is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 20 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LAYUP is a valid word.
What does layup mean?
noun: a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LAYUP: word details
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so LAYUP works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of layup
Shorter words inside layup
Words you can make from the letters of layup.
Solve a whole rack, not just LAYUP
LAYUP is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does LAYUP mean?
LAYUP is a noun. It means: a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
Is LAYUP a valid word?
Yes, LAYUP is a valid word. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.