Is “Scaup” a Scrabble word?
Yes
SCAUP
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Scaup
/skɔːp/
noun
1.The top of the head; the skull.
2.The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
3.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.”
Synonyms: scaup, skull, summit
noun
1.Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.