Words · Rare
muumuu
6 letters · 2 distinct letters
- noun
a woman's loose unbelted dress
Word history
Borrowed from Hawaiian muʻumuʻu, from muʻumuʻu (“to be cut off; to be shortened”, verb), probably because the garment is a short sleeved and often calf length version of the floor length holoku or Mother Hubbard dress which has long sleeves and originally a train.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 50: the standard list most spell checkers use.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word It’s waiting for an editor’s review because it’s rare in everyday writing. Until then it scores as a bonus word.