Definitions for tipis

tipis ti·pi

Spelling: [tee-pee]
IPA: /ˈti pi/

Tipis is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in tipis (iipst).

Definitions for tipis

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 tipis

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

Examples for tipis

She invited them into her tipi and prepared food and set it before them.

After this, the four stand in front of the tipi and the man announces the vow.

When all the guests are assembled in the tipi the ceremony for the evening begins.

All this time, the father and his assistants sing in the tipi.

While the medicine woman fasts and keeps to her tipi, the others do not.

The circle is a symbol of the tipi and of shelter and comfort.

The smudges are made with sweetgrass on the grass near the rear of the tipi.

The L.A.-based designer of surf-inspired brand Ever is living in a tipi for a year.

When getting an individual they went to his own, not to his society's, tipi.

During the fasting period no noise must be made in the tipi.

Word Value for tipis
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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