Words · Rare
teletypewriter
14 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
Word history
From tele (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.
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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
- Not playable It uses more than seven different letters, so it can’t fit in a hive.