Definitions for teepee

teepee tee·pee

Spelling: [tee-pee]
IPA: /ˈti pi/

Teepee is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in teepee (eeeept).

Definitions for teepee

noun

  1. tepee.
  2. a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.

Origin of teepee

1735-45, Americanism; Dakota tʰípi, equivalent to tʰí- to dwell + -pi plural indefinite abstract noun suffix

Examples for teepee

She grunted again and pointed over her shoulder to the teepee.

She followed her into the teepee and unexpectedly seized and kissed her.

Sometimes a man's teepee is decorated in accordance with the standing of the owner.

A little cloud of white smoke was spiraling up from the door of a teepee.

His teepee was beside the river, a little removed from the others.

The teepee of Mankato or Blue Earth was pitched in a conspicuous spot.

The teepee was small, but there I found a sick man who listened to the Word.

He seldom paid that honour to any teepee except his own and that of the chief.

They took his fore-lock and his teepee and his last string of wampum.

At the door of his teepee he picked up the two little carcasses and entered.

Word Value for teepee
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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