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Is clipper a Scrabble word?

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

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Is clipper a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word clipper is a Words With Friends word. The word clipper is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CLIPPER,CRIPPLE,

6-letter words (3 found)

LIPPER,PRECIP,RIPPLE,

5-letter words (8 found)

CLIPE,CRIPE,PERIL,PILER,PIPER,PLIER,PRICE,RELIC,

4-letter words (31 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CLIP,CRIP,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,LEIR,LERP,LICE,LIER,LIPE,LIRE,PERC,PERI,PERP,PICE,PIER,PILE,PIPE,PIRL,PLIE,PREP,REPP,RICE,RIEL,RILE,RIPE,RIPP,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEL,CEP,ICE,IRE,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIP,PEC,PEL,PEP,PER,PIC,PIE,PIP,PIR,PRE,REC,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,ER,LI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from clipper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clipper

clipper

Etymology

From Middle Dutch klepper and Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan, from Proto-Germanic *klupjaną.

Pronunciation

Noun

clipper (plural clippers)

  1. Anything that clips.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
  3. Something that moves swiftly; especially:
    1. (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
    2. (informal) An Alberta clipper.
  4. (entomology) The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
  5. (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
  6. (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
  7. (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
  8. (slang, obsolete) Anything showy or first-rate.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: (nautical) klipper, klipperaak m or f

Translations

See also

  • Clipper chip

Verb

clipper (third-person singular simple present clippers, present participle clippering, simple past and past participle clippered)

  1. (transitive) To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.

References

Anagrams

  • cripple

French

Etymology 1

From English clipper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kli.pœʁ/

Noun

clipper m (plural clippers)

  1. (nautical) heavy sailing ship
  2. (aviation) transatlantic airplane

Etymology 2

From clip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kli.pe/

Verb

clipper

  1. (transitive) to clip
Conjugation

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org