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Is zipper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zipper is a Scrabble US word. The word zipper is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Is zipper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zipper is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

Z10I1P3P3E1R1

Is zipper a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zipper is a Words With Friends word. The word zipper is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Z10I1P4P4E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

ZIPPER,

5-letter words (2 found)

PIPER,PRIZE,

4-letter words (10 found)

PERI,PERP,PIER,PIPE,PIZE,PREP,PREZ,REPP,RIPE,RIPP,

3-letter words (14 found)

IRE,PEP,PER,PIE,PIP,PIR,PRE,REI,REP,REZ,RIP,RIZ,ZEP,ZIP,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,PE,PI,RE,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from zipper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of zipper

zipper

Etymology

1925, zip +‎ -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: zĭʹpər, IPA(key): /ˈzɪpɚ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈzɪpə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)

Noun

zipper (plural zippers)

  1. (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.
  2. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
  3. (biochemistry) A leucine zipper.
  4. (slang) A scar on a person's body.
  5. (US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
  6. (BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
  7. (programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).

Synonyms

  • slide fastener
  • zip (British), zip fastener (British)

Meronyms

  • slider
  • teeth

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

zipper (third-person singular simple present zippers, present participle zippering, simple past and past participle zippered)

  1. to close a zipper.
    He zippered his sweater against the cold.
  2. to put a zipper on an article.
    These fall jackets are zippered.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English zip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zi.pe/

Verb

zipper

  1. (computing) to zip, compress
    Synonym: compresser
  2. (Quebec) to zip up (close using a zip)

Conjugation

Related terms

  • dézipper

Further reading

  • “zipper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org