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Is keeper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word keeper is a Scrabble US word. The word keeper is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is keeper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word keeper is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

K5E1E1P3E1R1

Is keeper a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word keeper is a Words With Friends word. The word keeper is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

K5E1E1P4E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

KEEPER,

5-letter words (1 found)

KREEP,

4-letter words (10 found)

EPEE,KEEP,PEEK,PEER,PEKE,PERE,PERK,PREE,REEK,REKE,

3-letter words (10 found)

EEK,EKE,ERE,ERK,KEP,PEE,PER,PRE,REE,REP,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,ER,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from keeper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of keeper

keeper

Etymology

From Middle English kepere, equivalent to keep +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːpə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkiːpɚ/
  • Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)

Noun

keeper (plural keepers)

  1. One who keeps (retains) something.
  2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
  3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
  4. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
  5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
  6. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. In quidditch (both Muggle quidditch and the game in the original Harry Potter series), this is someone responsible for guarding the three goalposts.
  7. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
  8. A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
  9. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
  10. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”)
    • 1878, Oluf Andreas Løwold Pihl, On Magnets (page 94)
      The continuous lines indicate the moments, when the magnet and keeper of equal diameter (10.5mm) act upon each other […]

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Anagrams

  • peeker

Chinese

Etymology

From English keeper.

Pronunciation

Noun

keeper

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) nominal owner of a business engaging in vice activities (e.g. a brothel)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) supervisor of a business engaging in vice activities (e.g. a brothel)
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, sports) keeper; goalie

Related terms

  • keep

References

  • Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 235

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keeper.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kee‧per
  • Rhymes: -ipər

Noun

keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)

  1. (sports) keeper, goalie
    Synonym: keep

Synonyms

  • doelman
  • doelvrouw

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kiper

Source: wiktionary.org