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— English words —

• whipping␣boy n. (Historical) A boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince.
• whipping␣boy n. (Transferred sense) Someone punished for the errors of others.

18 English words from 2 English definitions

boy errors for Historical misbehaving of␣a others prince punished sense Someone stead that the Transferred Transferred␣sense was whipped

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

whipping␣boys

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

boy BOY hip Hip HIP Hipp hipp- hippin hipping ing -ing -ïng IPP NGB pin PIN ping Ping PPI whip WHIP Whipp whippin' whipping

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

GNI gnip IPP nip Nip NIP Nipp PIH PPI yob YoB YOB Y.O.B. Y.␣O.␣B.

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

whipping␣boys

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