Scalps
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters
Definition of Scalps
noun
- The top of the head; the skull.
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
- A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
"Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle."
- The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
- A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
verb
- To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
"Tickets were being scalped for $300."
- On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
- To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
"scalped ore"
- To remove the skin of.
Anagrams of Scalps
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
s1
c3
a1
l1
p3
s1
Total: 10 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Scalps
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Scalps"
Scalps is a 6-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "scalps" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Scalps" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "scalps" is a medium-scoring word.