LIRIPIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LIRIPIPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIRIPIPE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIRIPIPE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIRIPIPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
liripipesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIRIPIPE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LIRIPIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LIRIPIPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LIRIPIPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The long tail of a medieval hood, hanging down the back or wound round the head.
Portraits of the Middle Ages show a liripipe trailing from fashionable headgear. It also survives in academic dress as the tip of a graduate hood.
How LIRIPIPE is used
Liripipe is mostly met in costume history and descriptions of academic dress.
- The painter gave the merchant a hood with a long liripipe.
- A liripipe could be wrapped around the neck in cold weather.
- The graduate straightened the liripipe of her hood.
- Costume makers copied the liripipe from a manuscript.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIRIPIPE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIRIPIPE
1 longer words begin with LIRIPIPE.
Shorter words from the letters in LIRIPIPE
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Common questions about LIRIPIPE
- Is LIRIPIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIRIPIPE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIRIPIPE worth?
- LIRIPIPE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIRIPIPE mean?
- The long tail of a medieval hood, hanging down the back or wound round the head.
- What letters can be added to LIRIPIPE?
- LIRIPIPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LIRIPIPE:
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