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gapped
6 letters · 5 distinct letters
A form of gap.
- verb
make an opening or gap in
- noun
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
gap between income and outgo
- noun
an open or empty space in or between things
there was a small opening between the trees
- noun
a narrow opening
he opened the window a crack
- noun
a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- noun
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
Word history
History of gap
Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto Germanic *gapōną, from Proto Indo European *ǵʰeh₂ (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- From the ENABLE word list, a public domain list made for word games.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every 8 million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word The ENABLE list is generous with rare words, so words found only there score as bonus words.