kipper

kipper is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A salmon after spawning. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A salmon after spawning.
2. noun. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.
3. transitive verb. To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
4. adjective. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
5. noun. salted and smoked herring

Common word forms

kippers, kippered, kipperer, kippering

Words from these letters

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