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Is sleeper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sleeper is a Scrabble US word. The word sleeper is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1L1E1E1P3E1R1

Is sleeper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sleeper is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1L1E1E1P3E1R1

Is sleeper a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sleeper is a Words With Friends word. The word sleeper is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1L2E1E1P4E1R1

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7-letter words (3 found)

PEELERS,SLEEPER,SPEELER,

6-letter words (4 found)

ELPEES,LEPERS,PEELER,REPELS,

5-letter words (23 found)

ELPEE,EPEES,LEEPS,LEERS,LEESE,LEPER,LERES,LERPS,PEELS,PEERS,PELES,PERES,PERSE,PREES,PRESE,REELS,REPEL,RESEE,SLEEP,SLEER,SPEEL,SPEER,SPREE,

4-letter words (26 found)

EELS,ELSE,EPEE,ERES,LEEP,LEER,LEES,LEPS,LERE,LERP,PEEL,PEER,PEES,PELE,PELS,PERE,PREE,REEL,REES,REPS,SEEL,SEEP,SEER,SELE,SERE,SLEE,

3-letter words (18 found)

EEL,ELS,ERE,ERS,LEE,LEP,LES,PEE,PEL,PER,PES,PRE,REE,REP,RES,SEE,SEL,SER,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,ER,ES,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 81 words from sleeper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sleeper

sleeper

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

sleep +‎ -er

Noun

sleeper (plural sleepers)

  1. Someone who sleeps.
  2. That which lies dormant, as a law.
  3. A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
    Synonym: sleeper agent
  4. A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
  5. A railway sleeping car.
  6. (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
  7. Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
    Synonym: sleeper hit
  8. Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
  9. A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
  10. A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
  11. (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
    Antonyms: cop magnet, rice burner, racecar
  12. (slang) A sedative.
  13. (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
  14. (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
Synonyms
  • (goby-like fish): sleeper goby
Coordinate terms
  • (clothing): sleepsack
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

sleeper (third-person singular simple present sleepers, present participle sleepering, simple past and past participle sleepered)

  1. (rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare Norwegian sleip (“a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth”). See slape.

Noun

sleeper (plural sleepers)

  1. (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
    Synonym: (US) tie
  2. (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
  3. (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
  4. (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
Derived terms
  • resleeper
  • sleeperless
Translations

References

  • Sleeper in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.
  • railway sleeper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Leepers, Peelers, peelers, repeels

Source: wiktionary.org