GIPON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GIPON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIPON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIPON is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIPON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
giponsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIPON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GIPON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about GIPON
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GIPON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A close-fitting, padded tunic worn by men in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, often under armour or as an outer garment in its own right.
A gipon was cut short and snug to the body, quite different from the loose robes worn earlier in the medieval period, and its quilted padding could cushion the wearer against the weight of plate armour worn on top. Wealthier men sometimes wore a richly decorated gipon as a fashionable outer garment on its own, without armour, making it as much a statement of style as of practicality. Effigies and brasses from the period often show knights dressed this way, giving costume historians a clear visual record of how the garment was cut and worn.
How GIPON is used
A historical costume term used by scholars and re-enactors discussing fourteenth- and fifteenth-century dress and armour.
- The knight wore a padded gipon beneath his armour.
- Tailors cut the gipon close to the body.
- A richly embroidered gipon marked the wearer's status.
- The effigy depicted the lord in a fitted gipon.
- Re-enactors researched period patterns for an authentic gipon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIPON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIPON
The 5 tiles of GIPON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GIPON
1 longer words begin with GIPON.
Shorter words from the letters in GIPON
Common questions about GIPON
- Is GIPON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIPON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIPON worth?
- GIPON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIPON mean?
- A close-fitting, padded tunic worn by men in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, often under armour or as an outer garment in its own right.
- What letters can be added to GIPON?
- GIPON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GIPON:
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