Definitions for topee

topee to·pee

Spelling: [toh-pee, toh-pee]
IPA: /toʊˈpi, ˈtoʊ pi/

Topee is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in topee (eeopt).

Definitions for topee

noun

  1. (in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.

Origin of topee

First recorded in 1825-35, topee is from the Hindi word ṭopī hat

Examples for topee

“Let me introduce our friend,” he said, with a quaint little bow, removing his topee as he did so.

I set out yesterday for the hospital to recover a topee, as I heard a British officer had died there.

Then she went swiftly for her topee and gloves and parasol, and fled from the bungalow.

Yet he reminded her of somebody, but him she had always seen in a topee, out of doors.

One morning he had a bullet through his topee and one through a pocket.

He was clad in white from head to foot, and wore an enormous "topee," or pith helmet, upon his head.

Now and then I caught a glimpse of a European, cool and comfortable in topee and white linen.

Word Value for topee
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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