Snipe

/snaɪp/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters

Definition of Snipe

noun

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
A fool; a blockhead.
A shot fired from a concealed place.
(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
(ice hockey slang) A goal.

verb

To hunt snipe.
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
(by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

Anagrams of Snipe

Exact Anagrams

4 words using all 5 letters:

peins penis pines spine

Words You Can Make

27 words can be made from the letters in "snipe":

5-LETTER WORDS

peins penis pines spine

4-LETTER WORDS

nips pein pens pies pine pins sine sipe snip spin

3-LETTER WORDS

ens ins nip pen pes pie pin pis psi sei sen sin sip

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "snipe" and rearranging:

+dsniped spined

+lpensil spinel spline

+oopines ponies

+rrepins ripens sniper

+ssnipes spines

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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