Definitions for topees

topees to·pee

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

Topees is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in topees (eeopst).

Definitions for topees

noun

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

Origin of topees

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

Examples for topees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for topees
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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