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Is sleepy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sleepy is a Scrabble US word. The word sleepy is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

S1L1E1E1P3Y4

Is sleepy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sleepy is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

S1L1E1E1P3Y4

Is sleepy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sleepy is a Words With Friends word. The word sleepy is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1L2E1E1P4Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

SLEEPY,

5-letter words (10 found)

LEEPS,PEELS,PELES,PEYSE,SEELY,SEEPY,SLEEP,SLYPE,SPEEL,YELPS,

4-letter words (24 found)

EELS,EELY,ELSE,ESPY,EYES,LEEP,LEES,LEPS,LEYS,LYES,LYSE,PEEL,PEES,PELE,PELS,PYES,SEEL,SEEP,SELE,SLEE,SLEY,SYPE,YELP,YEPS,

3-letter words (21 found)

EEL,ELS,EYE,LEE,LEP,LES,LEY,LYE,PEE,PEL,PES,PLY,PYE,SEE,SEL,SEY,SLY,SPY,SYE,YEP,YES,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,EL,ES,PE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from sleepy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sleepy

sleepy

Etymology

From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“not sleepy, sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep +‎ -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), Middle Dutch slapig, slêpig, slapich (“sleepy”), Middle Low German slâpich, Middle High German slāfec (> archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliːpi/
  • Rhymes: -iːpi

Adjective

sleepy (comparative sleepier, superlative sleepiest)

  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
    Synonyms: tired; see also Thesaurus:sleepy
  2. Suggesting tiredness.
  3. Tending to induce sleep.
    Synonym: soporific
  4. (figurative) Dull; lazy.
    Synonyms: heavy, sluggish
  5. (figurative) Quiet; without bustle or activity.

Alternative forms

  • sleeby (Internet slang)

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Noun

sleepy (countable and uncountable, plural sleepies)

  1. (informal, uncountable or in the plural) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
    Synonym: (which see for more) sleep
  2. (Australia) Shingleback.

Anagrams

  • Epleys

Source: wiktionary.org