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pipping
7 letters · 4 distinct letters
A form of pip.
- verb
kill by firing a missile
- noun
a disease of poultry
- noun
a minor nonspecific ailment
- noun
a small hard seed found in some fruits
- noun
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- noun
a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
Word history
History of pip
1. From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). 2. Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin, q.v.).
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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
- Daily answer A standard word with a definition we can show, so it can be a daily answer.