SNIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SNIPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SNIPE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SNIPE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SNIPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SNIPE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SNIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SNIPE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 SNIPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wading bird of marshes and wet meadows with brown mottled plumage and a long, straight bill.
A snipe hides so well in marsh grass, thanks to its mottled brown feathers, that hunters and birdwatchers often only notice one when it bursts upward in a fast, zigzagging flight, a difficulty that gave English the verb to snipe, meaning to shoot accurately at a target from a hidden position. That verb later spread far beyond hunting: soldiers who fire on the enemy from concealment are called snipers, and in everyday speech to snipe at someone means to make sharp, critical remarks, usually from a position of safety rather than face to face. Online auctions borrowed the same image again, since to snipe a bid means placing it at the very last moment so other bidders have no time to respond. The bird itself remains a familiar, if easily overlooked, sight in wetlands across much of the world, prized by hunters partly because its erratic flight makes it a genuinely difficult target.
How SNIPE is used
The bird sense is standard in ornithology and hunting; the figurative senses for hidden shooting, sharp criticism and last-moment bidding are common in everyday speech.
- A snipe burst from the reeds and darted low across the marsh.
- The training exercise taught recruits to snipe at distant targets from concealed positions.
- Colleagues began to snipe at the new policy almost as soon as it was announced.
- He waited until the last second to snipe the online auction.
- Birdwatchers gathered at dawn hoping to spot a snipe in the wet grass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SNIPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SNIPE
The 5 tiles of SNIPE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SNIPE
9 longer words begin with SNIPE.
Words ending in SNIPE
2 words end in SNIPE. Useful as a back hook: play SNIPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SNIPE inside
4 words contain SNIPE in the middle. Words that start with SNIPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SNIPE
Common questions about SNIPE
- Is SNIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SNIPE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SNIPE worth?
- SNIPE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SNIPE mean?
- A wading bird of marshes and wet meadows with brown mottled plumage and a long, straight bill.
- What letters can be added to SNIPE?
- SNIPE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SNIPE:
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