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— English words —

• duppy n. (Caribbean, Jamaica) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
• duppy n. (Jamaica, games) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
• duppy v. (MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.
• duppy v. (MLE, by extension, transitive) To excel in.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Jamaican creole
  • duppy n. Ghost; an evil spirit; duppy; poltergeist (ghost).

— English word, defined in German —

• duppy S. Karibik: Geist, Gespenst.

33 English words from 5 English definitions

and appearing barking by␣extension Caribbean crosses dog drawn duppy evil excel extension form game games ghost howling Jamaica kill MLE MTE murder night noughts noughts␣and␣crosses of␣a often poltergeist spirit taa the through transitive

1 English word from the foreign definition

Geist

1 foreign word from 5 English definitions

tuo

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

Gespenst Karibik

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

duppying

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

dup DUP PPY Upp uppy

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

PPU pud Pud PUD

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

uppy

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

buppy cuppy dippy dumpy duply Dupuy guppy Guppy puppy yuppy

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

uppy

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