TIPPY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TIPPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIPPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIPPY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIPPY
No single letter turns TIPPY into another word.
How TIPPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TIPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What does TIPPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth American
Inclined to tip over easily; unsteady, especially said of a small boat or canoe.
A tippy canoe rewards a paddler who sits still and stays low, and punishes anyone who leans out too far or stands up suddenly, since even a small shift in weight can send it rolling. Beyond boats, people sometimes call a wobbly chair, ladder, or stack of boxes tippy when it seems ready to fall over with the slightest push. The word suggests instability rather than actual damage, describing something that is merely at risk of tipping rather than something already broken. Canoeists in particular use tippy so often that it has become a standard word for describing how stable or unstable a given hull design feels.
How TIPPY is used
An informal word, common in North American speech, especially among paddlers describing boats.
- The rental canoe felt far too tippy for beginners.
- Don't stand up in the boat, it's quite tippy.
- He warned us that the narrow kayak was tippy in rough water.
- The old stool was tippy and needed a wider base.
- A wider hull makes the canoe less tippy than a narrow one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TIPPY
4 longer words begin with TIPPY.
Shorter words from the letters in TIPPY
Common questions about TIPPY
- Is TIPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIPPY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIPPY worth?
- TIPPY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIPPY mean?
- Inclined to tip over easily; unsteady, especially said of a small boat or canoe.
- What letters can be added to TIPPY?
- No single letter can be added to TIPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TIPPY:
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