GILPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. GILPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GILPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GILPY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GILPY
No single letter turns GILPY into another word.
How GILPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GILPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about GILPY
- The letters of GILPY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GILPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A lively, giddy young person, especially a girl given to romping and play.
Older Scots glossaries use gilpy for a boisterous youngster whose energy tips over into mischief, closer in spirit to a romp or a giglet than to a simple child. The term is affectionate rather than critical, describing high spirits rather than bad behaviour.
How GILPY is used
Scots dialect, recorded mainly in regional glossaries rather than current speech.
- The old woman called her granddaughter a right little gilpy.
- A gilpy from the next farm kept leading the other children astray.
- The story follows a gilpy who would rather climb trees than sew.
- Neighbours laughed at the gilpy racing barefoot down the lane.
- He remembered her as a gilpy, always first into trouble and first out.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GILPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GILPY
Common questions about GILPY
- Is GILPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GILPY is not in it.
- How many points is GILPY worth?
- GILPY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GILPY mean?
- A lively, giddy young person, especially a girl given to romping and play.
- What letters can be added to GILPY?
- No single letter can be added to GILPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GILPY:
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