SNIPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. SNIPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SNIPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SNIPY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SNIPY
No single letter turns SNIPY into another word.
How SNIPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SNIPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about SNIPY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SNIPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling a snipe, especially having a long, narrow, pointed shape; also, of ground, frequented by snipe.
Snipy most often turns up in descriptions of animals, particularly dogs and horses, where judges and breeders use it for a muzzle or head that is too long, thin and pointed, echoing the snipe bird slender bill. The same word can also describe marshy or boggy ground that snipe like to visit, a much older and now rarer sense tied directly to the bird habitat. In both uses the connection to the wading bird called a snipe is the same: snipy borrows the shape or habitat of that one bird for something else entirely.
How SNIPY is used
Mainly found in breed standards and older nature writing; not to be confused with the unrelated adjective snippy, meaning curt or irritable.
- The judge faulted the terrier for a snipy, overly narrow muzzle.
- Breeders avoid a snipy head because it looks weak on the show table.
- The old naturalist called the wet meadow snipy ground.
- A snipy jaw gives the dog a pinched, foxlike look.
- Hunters once used snipy loosely for any boggy field snipe favoured.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SNIPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SNIPY
The 5 tiles of SNIPY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SNIPY
Common questions about SNIPY
- Is SNIPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SNIPY is not in it.
- How many points is SNIPY worth?
- SNIPY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SNIPY mean?
- Resembling a snipe, especially having a long, narrow, pointed shape; also, of ground, frequented by snipe.
- What letters can be added to SNIPY?
- No single letter can be added to SNIPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SNIPY:
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