SEPOY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SEPOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEPOY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEPOY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEPOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sepoysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEPOY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SEPOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about SEPOY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SEPOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A soldier from the Indian subcontinent who served in the armies of European colonial powers, especially the British East India Company and the later British Indian Army.
The word sepoy comes from the Persian and Urdu sipahi, meaning soldier, and passed into English through long contact between Indian and European forces. From the eighteenth century onward, sepoys formed the bulk of the infantry raised in India by the British East India Company and, later, the British Crown, serving alongside a smaller number of European officers. The term is closely tied to the history of colonial India, and it appears most often in accounts of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, sometimes called the Sepoy Mutiny. Outside specialist historical writing, sepoy is rarely used today except when referring directly to this period.
How SEPOY is used
Historical; used mainly in writing about colonial India and the armies raised there rather than in current speech.
- The regiment was made up largely of sepoys commanded by British officers.
- Historians describe how sepoys drilled and fought under European military discipline.
- The uprising of 1857 began among sepoys stationed north of Delhi.
- Contemporary letters describe the daily pay and rations given to each sepoy.
- Museums display the uniforms once worn by sepoys in the colonial army.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEPOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEPOY
The 5 tiles of SEPOY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SEPOY
1 longer words begin with SEPOY.
Shorter words from the letters in SEPOY
Common questions about SEPOY
- Is SEPOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEPOY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEPOY worth?
- SEPOY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEPOY mean?
- A soldier from the Indian subcontinent who served in the armies of European colonial powers, especially the British East India Company and the later British Indian Army.
- What letters can be added to SEPOY?
- SEPOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SEPOY:
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