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Is swipe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swipe is a Scrabble US word. The word swipe is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is swipe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swipe is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is swipe a Words With Friends word?

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

S1W4I1P4E1

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5-letter words (2 found)

SWIPE,WIPES,

4-letter words (9 found)

PEWS,PIES,PISE,SIPE,SPEW,SPIE,WIPE,WISE,WISP,

3-letter words (9 found)

PES,PEW,PIE,PIS,PSI,SEI,SEW,SIP,WIS,

2-letter words (7 found)

ES,EW,IS,PE,PI,SI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from swipe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of swipe

swipe wsipe siwpe iswpe wispe iwspe swpie wspie spwie pswie wpsie pwsie sipwe ispwe spiwe psiwe ipswe piswe wipse iwpse wpise pwise ipwse piwse swiep wsiep siwep iswep wisep iwsep sweip wseip sewip eswip wesip ewsip siewp isewp seiwp esiwp ieswp eiswp wiesp iwesp weisp ewisp iewsp eiwsp swpei wspei spwei pswei wpsei pwsei swepi wsepi sewpi eswpi wespi ewspi spewi psewi sepwi espwi peswi epswi wpesi pwesi wepsi ewpsi pewsi epwsi sipew ispew spiew psiew ipsew pisew siepw isepw seipw esipw iespw eispw speiw pseiw sepiw espiw pesiw epsiw ipesw piesw iepsw eipsw peisw episw wipes iwpes wpies pwies ipwes piwes wieps iweps weips ewips iewps eiwps wpeis pweis wepis ewpis pewis epwis ipews piews iepws eipws peiws epiws

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word swipe. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in swipe.

Definitions and meaning of swipe

swipe

Etymology

From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swipen (“to move violently”), from Old English swipian, sweopian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”). Cognate with German schwippen (“to whip”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“to whip; move swiftly”). Related to sweep, swoop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swaɪp/
  • Rhymes: -aɪp

Verb

swipe (third-person singular simple present swipes, present participle swiping, simple past and past participle swiped)

  1. (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
  2. (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
  3. (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
  4. (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
    Coordinate term: scroll
  5. (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
  6. (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
    Synonyms: pinch; see also Thesaurus:steal
  7. (slang, obsolete, nautical) To drink.

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Noun

swipe (countable and uncountable, plural swipes)

  1. (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
  2. (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
  3. (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
  4. (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
  5. (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
  6. (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
  7. (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
    Synonym: swipes

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • pwise, wipes

Source: wiktionary.org