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Is kipper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kipper is a Scrabble US word. The word kipper is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is kipper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word kipper is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

K5I1P3P3E1R1

Is kipper a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word kipper is a Words With Friends word. The word kipper is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

KIPPER,

5-letter words (2 found)

PIKER,PIPER,

4-letter words (16 found)

KEIR,KEPI,KIER,KIPE,KIPP,PERI,PERK,PERP,PIER,PIKE,PIPE,PREP,REIK,REPP,RIPE,RIPP,

3-letter words (17 found)

EIK,ERK,IKE,IRE,IRK,KEP,KIP,KIR,PEP,PER,PIE,PIP,PIR,PRE,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,KI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from kipper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of kipper

kipper

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪpə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Old English cypera (“male salmon”), perhaps related to Old English coper (“reddish-brown metal”) (see copper), on resemblance of color. Another theory connects it to kip (“sharp, hooked lower jaw of the male salmon in breeding season”), from Middle English kippen (“to seize, snatch”), but OED doubts this.

Noun

kipper (plural kippers)

  1. A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
  2. A male salmon after spawning.
  3. (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
  4. (UK, naval slang) A torpedo.
  5. (Australia, slang) An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
  6. (Australia) A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
  7. A fool.
  8. (endearing) A child or young person.
Derived terms
  • dead as a kipper
  • kipper tie
  • kipper time
  • done up like a kipper
  • flip the kipper
  • stitched up like a kipper
Translations

Verb

kipper (third-person singular simple present kippers, present participle kippering, simple past and past participle kippered)

  1. (cooking) To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
  2. (by extension) To damage or treat with smoke.
  3. To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
  4. To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
  5. To punish by spanking or caning.
  6. To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
  7. To utterly defeat or humiliate.

Adjective

kipper (comparative more kipper, superlative most kipper)

  1. (fishing, especially of salmon) Out of season.
  2. (of a tie) Very wide, shaped like a kipper.

Etymology 2

Short form of UKIP +‎ -er, influenced by kipper, the type of fish.

Noun

kipper (plural kippers)

  1. (UK, informal, humorous, often with capital) A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).

Etymology 3

Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.

Adjective

kipper (comparative more kipper, superlative most kipper)

  1. (UK, dialect) lively; chipper; nimble.

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German schippere, cognate to English skipper. Dialectal "kippar" is loaned from a Scandinavian language. Compare Old Swedish skipari.

Noun

kipper (genitive kipri, partitive kiprit)

  1. skipper.
  2. Head of a small ship.

Declension

References

  • http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=kipper&F=M&C06=et

Source: wiktionary.org