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What does tippy mean? Is tippy a Scrabble word?

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Is tippy a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tippy a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1I1P3P3Y4

Is tippy a Words With Friends word?

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

T1I1P4P4Y3

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5-letter words (1 found)

TIPPY,

4-letter words (3 found)

PIPY,PITY,TYPP,

3-letter words (4 found)

PIP,PIT,TIP,YIP,

2-letter words (3 found)

IT,PI,TI,

You can make 11 words from tippy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tippy

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

Definitions and meaning of tippy

tippy

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

1790, tip (“apex”) +‎ -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”).

Adjective

tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)

  1. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) Fashionable, tip-top.
  2. (obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
  3. (colloquial or slang) Clever, neat, smart.
  4. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.

Noun

tippy (plural tippies)

  1. (obsolete, colloquial or slang) A dandy.
    • 1798, “Whimſical Peculiarities of Expreſſion”, in The Monthly Magazine and British Register, v 6, London: R. Phillips, p 173:
      Is his dreſs, as we may preſume it will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but ſuch as are “All the rage?” he is “Quite the tippy.”

Derived terms

  • tippy Bob, tippy-Bob

Etymology 2

1886, tip (“knock over”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)

  1. (Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tippy.

Derived terms
  • tippiness

See also

  • tippy-tap, tippy-tappy

Source: wiktionary.org