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Is clapper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clapper is a Scrabble US word. The word clapper is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is clapper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clapper is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

CLAPPER,

6-letter words (7 found)

CAPPER,CARPEL,CRAPLE,LAPPER,PARCEL,PLACER,RAPPEL,

5-letter words (20 found)

APPEL,APPLE,CAPER,CAPLE,CARLE,CLEAR,CRAPE,LACER,LEPRA,PACER,PALER,PAPER,PARLE,PEARL,PEPLA,PLACE,RAPPE,RECAL,RECAP,REPLA,

4-letter words (39 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,APER,ARLE,CALP,CAPE,CARE,CARL,CARP,CLAP,CRAP,EARL,LACE,LAER,LARE,LEAP,LEAR,LERP,PACE,PALE,PALP,PAPE,PARE,PARP,PEAL,PEAR,PELA,PERC,PERP,PLAP,PLEA,PREP,RACE,RALE,RAPE,REAL,REAP,REPP,

3-letter words (32 found)

ACE,ALE,ALP,APE,APP,ARC,ARE,CAL,CAP,CAR,CEL,CEP,EAR,ERA,LAC,LAP,LAR,LEA,LEP,PAC,PAL,PAP,PAR,PEA,PEC,PEL,PEP,PER,PRE,RAP,REC,REP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 110 words from clapper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clapper

clapper

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklæpɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

clap +‎ -er

Noun

clapper (plural clappers)

  1. One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
  3. An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
  4. A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
  5. A clapstick (musical instrument).
  6. (sewing) A pounding block.
  7. The chattering damsel of a mill.
  8. (ice hockey) A slapshot
  9. (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
  10. (slang) A person's tongue.
Synonyms
  • (musical instrument): clapstick, musicstick
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

clapper (third-person singular simple present clappers, present participle clappering, simple past and past participle clappered)

  1. (transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
  2. To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
  3. Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French clapier.

Noun

clapper (plural clappers)

  1. (obsolete) A rabbit burrow.

References

“clapper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See also

  • clapper bridge (has a distinct etymology)

Anagrams

  • crapple

French

Pronunciation

Verb

clapper

  1. to click (the tongue)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • clappement

Further reading

  • “clapper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org