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Is snip a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snip is a Scrabble US word. The word snip is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1N1I1P3

Is snip a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snip is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1N1I1P3

Is snip a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word snip is a Words With Friends word. The word snip is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1N2I1P4

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4-letter words (4 found)

NIPS,PINS,SNIP,SPIN,

3-letter words (8 found)

INS,NIP,NIS,PIN,PIS,PSI,SIN,SIP,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,IS,PI,SI,

You can make 16 words from snip according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of snip

snip nsip sinp isnp nisp insp snpi nspi spni psni npsi pnsi sipn ispn spin psin ipsn pisn nips inps npis pnis ipns pins

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Definitions and meaning of snip

snip

Etymology

From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɪp/
  • Homophone: SNP
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Verb

snip (third-person singular simple present snips, present participle snipping, simple past and past participle snipped)

  1. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
  2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
  3. To break off; to snatch away.
  4. (informal) To circumcise.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:snip.
  5. (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
  6. (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
  7. To speak or say in a snippish manner.

Derived terms

  • snip-snap

Translations

Noun

snip (plural snips)

  1. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
  2. A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
  3. A small amount of something; a pinch.
  4. A piece cut out by snipping.
  5. (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
    That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
  6. (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
  7. (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
  8. (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
  9. (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
  10. (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
  11. (obsolete, slang) A tailor.
  12. A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

Derived terms

  • snip-snap
  • snippy snip

Translations

Derived terms

  • snipper
  • snippy

References

Anagrams

  • Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, spin

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • snep (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snippe, ultimately from the root of snavel (“beak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɪp/
  • Hyphenation: snip
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

snip f (plural snippen, diminutive snipje n)

  1. A snipe or woodcock, thin-beaked bird of the genera Gallinago, Scolopax, Lymnocryptes, Limnodromus and Coenocorypha.
  2. (informal, Netherlands) A 100 guilders banknote.

Derived terms

  • grijze snip
  • houtsnip
  • poelsnip
  • Siberische snip
  • snipverkouden
  • watersnip

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: snip
  • → Papiamentu: snepi, snèpi
  • → Sranan Tongo: snepi

Source: wiktionary.org