GUTTERSNIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GUTTERSNIPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUTTERSNIPE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUTTERSNIPE is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUTTERSNIPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guttersnipesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUTTERSNIPE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GUTTERSNIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUTTERSNIPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GUTTERSNIPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalarchaic
A scruffy, ill-mannered child who spends their days in the streets, especially in poor districts.
The term sounds Victorian and carries a note of scorn for children who grow up with no home to speak of. Today a guttersnipe may also be an unscrupulous person of low character, and the label is usually an insult.
How GUTTERSNIPE is used
Dated and often contemptuous, found in older novels and in writing that criticises a rude, low-class manner; guttersnipe is rarely meant kindly.
- The novel opens with a ragged guttersnipe selling matches on the corner.
- He was born a guttersnipe but became a respected publisher.
- The columnist dismissed his rival as a political guttersnipe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUTTERSNIPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUTTERSNIPE
1 longer words begin with GUTTERSNIPE.
Shorter words from the letters in GUTTERSNIPE
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Common questions about GUTTERSNIPE
- Is GUTTERSNIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUTTERSNIPE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUTTERSNIPE worth?
- GUTTERSNIPE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUTTERSNIPE mean?
- A scruffy, ill-mannered child who spends their days in the streets, especially in poor districts.
- What letters can be added to GUTTERSNIPE?
- GUTTERSNIPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GUTTERSNIPE:
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