pupa

pupa is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
2. noun. A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
3. noun. an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pupa:

paup

Common word forms

pupas, pupation

Words from these letters

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