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sleeper

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Is sleeper a Scrabble word?

Yes, sleeper is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of sleeper?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.

2. (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.Antonyms: cop magnet, rice burner, racecarslang

3. (slang) A sedative.Examples: "At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, / Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped."slang

4. (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.slang

5. (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.

verb (English)

1. (rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.Examples: "I expect there ain't a trick to maverickin' and sleeperin' and changin' a brand he don't know."rare

noun (English)

1. (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.Examples: "The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates."; "I should imagine that the smooth riding and the quietness of the diesel or electric cab, coupled with the effect on the eyes of endless successions of sleepers disappearing from sight immediately under the driver's eyes, might in time have a soporific effect, so that the company of a second man, who can assist in signal observations when he is not at work in the engine cab, seems highly desirable in such conditions."; "Government surveyors set to work, importing hundreds of Indian coolies, thousands of donkeys and camels, and the millions of sleepers required for this monstrous engineering project."Synonyms: tieBritish

2. (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

3. (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.

4. (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "sleeper"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "sleeper"?

Scrabble
9 points
S1
L1
E1
E1
P3
E1
R1
Words With Friends
11 points
S1
L2
E1
E1
P4
E1
R1

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