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Is sweeper a Scrabble word?

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

S1W4E1E1P3E1R1

Is sweeper a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1W4E1E1P3E1R1

Is sweeper a Words With Friends word?

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

S1W4E1E1P4E1R1

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7-letter words (2 found)

SWEEPER,WEEPERS,

6-letter words (3 found)

PEWEES,SPEWER,WEEPER,

5-letter words (17 found)

EPEES,EWERS,PEERS,PERES,PERSE,PEWEE,PREES,PRESE,RESEE,RESEW,SEWER,SPEER,SPREE,SPREW,SWEEP,SWEER,WEEPS,

4-letter words (22 found)

EEEW,EPEE,ERES,EWER,EWES,PEER,PEES,PERE,PEWS,PREE,REES,REPS,REWS,SEEP,SEER,SERE,SPEW,SWEE,WEEP,WEER,WEES,WERE,

3-letter words (17 found)

EEW,ERE,ERS,EWE,PEE,PER,PES,PEW,PRE,REE,REP,RES,REW,SEE,SER,SEW,WEE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,ER,ES,EW,PE,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from sweeper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sweeper

sweeper

Etymology

From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep +‎ -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswipɚ/

Noun

sweeper (plural sweepers)

  1. One who sweeps.
  2. One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
  3. A detector for mines.
  4. Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
  5. (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
    Synonym: libero
  6. (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
  7. (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
  8. (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
  9. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
    • 2007, Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
      ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..
    • 1975, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102
      So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..
  10. A carpet sweeper.
  11. (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
  12. (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
  13. (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
  14. (video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
  15. (motor racing, slang) A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.

Derived terms

  • carpet sweeper
  • chimney sweeper
  • crossing-sweeper
  • minesweeper
  • street sweeper

Translations

Anagrams

  • resweep, weepers

Source: wiktionary.org