SLIPPY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SLIPPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLIPPY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLIPPY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLIPPY
No single letter turns SLIPPY into another word.
How SLIPPY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SLIPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.
What stands out about SLIPPY
- SLIPPY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SLIPPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
So smooth or wet on the surface that feet or objects slide easily and a firm grip is hard to keep.
Slippy is a casual cousin of slippery, heard mostly in everyday talk about icy pavements, wet floors and muddy tracks. It sounds a little homely, and people tend to prefer the longer form in careful writing. Parents and park keepers use it in warnings such as watch out, the steps are slippy.
How SLIPPY is used
Informal and chiefly British; the longer form is the standard choice in formal prose.
- Mind the steps, they are slippy after the rain.
- The slippy boards on the jetty made everyone walk slowly.
- It was a slippy morning, with frost on every path.
- He lost his footing on the slippy bank and sat down in the mud.
- A slippy patch of leaves lay at the bottom of the hill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLIPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SLIPPY
Common questions about SLIPPY
- Is SLIPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLIPPY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLIPPY worth?
- SLIPPY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLIPPY mean?
- So smooth or wet on the surface that feet or objects slide easily and a firm grip is hard to keep.
- What letters can be added to SLIPPY?
- No single letter can be added to SLIPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SLIPPY:
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