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Yes. The word nappy is a Scrabble US word. The word nappy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word nappy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

NAPPY,

4-letter words (1 found)

YAPP,

3-letter words (9 found)

ANY,APP,NAP,NAY,PAN,PAP,PAY,PYA,YAP,

2-letter words (6 found)

AN,AY,NA,NY,PA,YA,

You can make 17 words from nappy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nappy

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Definitions and meaning of nappy

nappy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæpi/
  • Rhymes: -æpi

Etymology 1

Probably shortened from napkin (but possibly a corruption of French nappe, since napkin is already a diminutive) +‎ -y (diminutive ending).

Noun

nappy (plural nappies)

  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand) An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
Synonyms
  • (US, Canada) diaper
  • (South African, archaic British) napkin
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

nappy (third-person singular simple present nappies, present participle nappying, simple past and past participle nappied)

  1. (transitive) To put a nappy on.

See also

  • Diaper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From nap +‎ -y.

Adjective

nappy (comparative nappier, superlative nappiest)

  1. Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
    • 1950, US District Courts, US Court of Claims, US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Federal Supplement, Volume 89, page 438,
      The original accused device, as was the patented device, was made of cotton flannel with a nappy surface on each side, […] .
  2. (US, informal, sometimes offensive) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)
  3. (rare) Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
Synonyms
  • (tightly curled and frizzy): kinky, frizzy, fuzzy, woolly, fuzzy-headed, wool-headed, wool-pated, woolly-headed, Afro-textured
Translations

See also

  • Afro-textured hair on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Discrimination based on hair texture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

From Middle English nap, from Old English hnæp, hnæpp, hnæpf (“cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“bowl, goblet, cup”). See hanaper.

Alternative forms

  • nappie

Noun

nappy (plural nappies)

  1. A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

nappy (comparative nappier, superlative nappiest)

  1. (of a drink) Foamy; having a large head.
  2. (of a horse) Nervous, excitable.

Noun

nappy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.
    • 1827, R. Charlton, Newcastle Improvements, in T. Thompson, et al. A Collection of Songs, Comic and Satirical, Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect, page 151,
      Aw′ve seen when we′ve gyen iv a kind, freenly way / To be blithe ower a jug o′ good nappy—
    • 1857, Hugh Miller, The Cruise of the Betsey, 2009, Echo Library, page 248,
      Weel do I mind that in a′ our neeborly meetings—bridals, christenings, lyke-wakes an′ the like,—we entertained ane anither wi′ rich nappy ale; […] . But the tea has put out the nappy; an′ I have remarked, that by losing the nappy we lost baith ghaists an′ fairies.

Etymology 5

Related to knap.

Adjective

nappy (comparative nappier, superlative nappiest)

  1. (Scotland) brittle

Source: wiktionary.org