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Is snapper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snapper is a Scrabble US word. The word snapper is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is snapper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snapper is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word snapper is a Words With Friends word. The word snapper is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

NAPPERS,PARPENS,PARSNEP,SNAPPER,

6-letter words (9 found)

ARPENS,NAPPER,NAPPES,PAPERS,PARENS,PARPEN,RAPPEN,RAPPES,SAPPER,

5-letter words (38 found)

APERS,APRES,ARPEN,ASPEN,ASPER,EARNS,NAPES,NAPPE,NARES,NEAPS,NEARS,PANES,PAPER,PAPES,PAREN,PARES,PARPS,PARSE,PEANS,PEARS,PERNS,PERPS,PRASE,PREPS,PRESA,RAPES,RAPPE,REANS,REAPS,REPPS,SANER,SNARE,SNEAP,SPAER,SPANE,SPARE,SPEAN,SPEAR,

4-letter words (54 found)

ANES,APER,APES,APPS,APSE,ARES,ARSE,EANS,EARN,EARS,ERAS,ERNS,NAES,NAPE,NAPS,NARE,NEAP,NEAR,NEPS,PANE,PANS,PAPE,PAPS,PARE,PARP,PARS,PASE,PEAN,PEAR,PEAS,PENS,PEPS,PERN,PERP,PREP,RAPE,RAPS,RASE,RASP,REAN,REAP,RENS,REPP,REPS,SANE,SEAN,SEAR,SENA,SERA,SNAP,SNAR,SPAE,SPAN,SPAR,

3-letter words (42 found)

ANE,ANS,APE,APP,ARE,ARS,ASP,EAN,EAR,EAS,ENS,ERA,ERN,ERS,NAE,NAP,NAS,NEP,PAN,PAP,PAR,PAS,PEA,PEN,PEP,PER,PES,PRE,RAN,RAP,RAS,REN,REP,RES,SAE,SAN,SAP,SAR,SEA,SEN,SER,SPA,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AR,AS,EA,EN,ER,ES,NA,NE,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 161 words from snapper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of snapper

snapper

Etymology 1

snap +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

  • schnapper (fish)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

snapper (plural snappers)

  1. One who, or that which, snaps.
    a snapper-up of bargains
    the snapper of a whip
  2. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
    1. (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
      • 1971, Harry Robertson, “Ballina Whalers” (lyrics):
    2. (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
    3. (US) A small bluefish.
  3. (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
  4. (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
  5. (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
  6. (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
  7. (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
  8. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
  9. A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
  10. (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
  11. (obsolete) A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
  12. (US, colloquial) A string bean.
  13. (slang) The vulva.
  14. (slang, entertainment) A punchline.
  15. (US politics, historical) A supporter of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.
    Antonym: anti-snapper
Hyponyms
  • (Chrysophrys auratus): cockney (very young), red bream (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).

Verb

snapper (third-person singular simple present snappers, present participle snappering, simple past and past participle snappered) (obsolete outside Northern England and Scotland)

  1. To stumble, to trip.
  2. (figuratively) To fall into error; to make a mistake, and especially to stumble morally.

Noun

snapper (plural snappers) (chiefly Scotland)

  1. A stumble, a trip.
  2. An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up.

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Anagrams

  • Nappers, nappers, parsnep, presnap

Source: wiktionary.org