SLYPE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SLYPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLYPE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLYPE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLYPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
slypesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLYPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SLYPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does SLYPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
A covered passage or corridor in a cathedral or monastery, typically leading from the cloister and often connecting the transept to the chapter house.
A slype provided monks and clergy with a sheltered route between different parts of a monastic complex, most often linking the cloister or transept to the chapter house where community business was discussed. The passage was usually narrow and vaulted, built into the thickness of the surrounding stone walls rather than standing as a separate structure. Because the word describes a specific architectural feature rather than a common object, slype survives mainly in the vocabulary of church history and studies of medieval monastic layout. Many English cathedrals that grew from earlier monasteries still have a passage identified by this name.
How SLYPE is used
Specialized and historical; used mainly in writing about cathedral and monastery architecture.
- Visitors reached the chapter house through a narrow stone slype.
- The cathedral guide pointed out the vaulted slype beside the cloister.
- Monks once passed through the slype on their way to daily meetings.
- The slype's low ceiling forced visitors to duck as they entered.
- Architects studied the slype for clues about the abbey's original layout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLYPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLYPE
The 5 tiles of SLYPE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SLYPE
1 longer words begin with SLYPE.
Shorter words from the letters in SLYPE
Common questions about SLYPE
- Is SLYPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLYPE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLYPE worth?
- SLYPE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLYPE mean?
- A covered passage or corridor in a cathedral or monastery, typically leading from the cloister and often connecting the transept to the chapter house.
- What letters can be added to SLYPE?
- SLYPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SLYPE:
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