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Yes. The word tapper is a Scrabble US word. The word tapper is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

TAPPER,

5-letter words (10 found)

APERT,APTER,PAPER,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,RAPPE,TAPER,TRAPE,

4-letter words (24 found)

APER,ARET,PAPE,PARE,PARP,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERP,PERT,PRAT,PREP,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAP,REPP,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAR,TEPA,TRAP,

3-letter words (26 found)

APE,APP,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,PAP,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEP,PER,PET,PRE,RAP,RAT,REP,RET,TAE,TAP,TAR,TEA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 73 words from tapper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tapper

tapper

Etymology

tap +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

tapper (plural tappers)

  1. One who makes a tapping noise.
  2. A tap-dancer.
  3. A phone tapper or wiretapper.
  4. (baseball slang) A weakly hit ground ball.
  5. (telegraphy) In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  6. (British, dialect) The lesser spotted woodpecker.
  7. (US) A tapster.
  8. (sports) An assistant in the sport of paraswimming who taps blind or visually impaired swimmers with a pole to indicate when they should turn around.

Derived terms

  • till-tapper
  • toe tapper, toe-tapper
  • wheeltapper, wheel-tapper

Anagrams

  • Trappe

Danish

Noun

tapper

  1. indefinite plural of tap

Verb

tapper

  1. present of tappe

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːer/, [ˈtɑpːer]

Noun

tapper (genitive tapri, partitive taprit)

  1. battle axe (ancient military weapon)
    Synonyms: sõjakirves, võitluskirves

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tapper”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “tapper”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “tapper”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • tapper in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Middle English

Noun

tapper

  1. Alternative form of taper

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dapper, from Middle Low German dapper, tapper. Further origin disputed. Possibly cognate with Old Norse dapr (“heavy”), German tapfer (“dauntless”) and English dapper.

Adjective

tapper (comparative tapprare, superlative tapprast)

  1. brave
    Synonyms: modig, djärv, orädd

Declension

Derived terms

  • tapperhet

References

  • tapper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • tapper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • tapper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • tapper in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • tappre

Source: wiktionary.org