Snipe

/snaɪp/

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters

Definition of Snipe

noun

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
A fool; a blockhead.
A shot fired from a concealed place.
(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
(ice hockey slang) A goal.

verb

To hunt snipe.
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
(by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

Anagrams of Snipe

4 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "snipe":

peins penis pines spine

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "snipe" and rearranging:

+dsniped spined

+lpensil spinel spline

+oopines ponies

+rrepins ripens sniper

+ssnipes spines

Related Word Patterns

SN...Words starting with "sn"...PEWords ending with "pe"All 5-letter words Unscramble "snipe"

Letter Values

s1

n1

i1

p3

e1

Total: 7 Scrabble points

Word Tools

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Rhymes With Snipe

aeroscope agape airscape allotrope allotype ambrotype antelope antetype antipope antirape antitype ape

Related 5-Letter Words

sabal sabed saber sabes sabin sabir sable sabot sabra sabre sacks sacra sades sadhe sadhu

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid

TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid

Words With Friends: Valid

Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Snipe"

Snipe is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "snipe" can be rearranged to form 4 other valid words.

Using "Snipe" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "snipe" is a low-scoring word.