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

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Is porpoise a Scrabble UK word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

PORPOISE,

7-letter words (5 found)

OPPOSER,POOPERS,POOPIER,PROPOSE,SOPPIER,

6-letter words (12 found)

ESPOIR,OOSIER,OPPOSE,PIPERS,POISER,POOPER,POORIS,POPSIE,POROSE,POSIER,PREOPS,SIPPER,

5-letter words (38 found)

EPRIS,OORIE,OPPOS,OSIER,PEPOS,PEPSI,PERIS,PERPS,PIERS,PIPER,PIPES,POEPS,POISE,POOPS,POORI,POPES,PORES,POSER,PREOP,PREPS,PRIES,PRISE,PROPS,PROSE,PROSO,REPOS,REPPS,RIPES,RIPPS,ROOPS,ROOSE,ROPES,SOPOR,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIRE,SPOOR,SPORE,

4-letter words (55 found)

EPOS,EROS,IRES,OOPS,OOSE,OPES,OPPO,ORES,PEPO,PEPS,PERI,PERP,PESO,PIER,PIES,PIPE,PIPS,PIRS,PISE,PISO,POEP,POIS,POOP,POOR,POOS,POPE,POPS,PORE,POSE,PREP,PROO,PROP,PROS,REIS,REOS,REPO,REPP,REPS,RIPE,RIPP,RIPS,RISE,RISP,ROES,ROOP,ROOS,ROPE,ROSE,SEIR,SIPE,SIRE,SOOP,SORE,SORI,SPIE,

3-letter words (41 found)

ERS,IOS,IRE,ISO,OES,OIS,OOP,OOR,OOS,OPE,OPS,ORE,ORS,OSE,PEP,PER,PES,PIE,PIP,PIR,PIS,POI,POO,POP,POS,PRE,PRO,PSI,REI,REO,REP,RES,RIP,ROE,ROO,SEI,SER,SIP,SIR,SOP,SRI,

2-letter words (16 found)

ER,ES,IO,IS,OE,OI,OO,OP,OR,OS,PE,PI,PO,RE,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 169 words from porpoise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of porpoise

porpoise

Etymology

From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “pig-fish”), from Latin porcus (“pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marinus (“sea hog”), akin in formation to German Meerschwein, English mereswine. More at mereswine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːpəs/, /pɔːˈpɔɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːɹpəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pəs, -ɔɪs

Noun

porpoise (plural porpoises)

  1. A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
    Synonyms: garfish, mereswine, sea hog, sea pig, seaswine
  2. (Canada, US, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.

Hypernyms

  • mereswine

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Verb

porpoise (third-person singular simple present porpoises, present participle porpoising, simple past and past participle porpoised)

  1. (intransitive) Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
  2. (intransitive) Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.
    Synonym: (of an aircraft) balloon

See also

  • dolphin
  • killer whale
  • pod
  • sea lion
  • seal
  • whale
  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Source: wiktionary.org