Words · Rare
poilu
5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
a French soldier (especially in World War I)
- noun
thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S.
Word history
Borrowed from French poilu (“brave”).
From Wiktionary, under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0
Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word Words found only in the largest list score as bonus words rather than daily answers.