piper

Meanings

Plural: pipers

Noun

someone who plays the bagpipe
type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
A musician who plays a pipe.
A bagpiper.
A baby pigeon.
A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
A broken-winded hack horse.
Archaic form of pepper.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.

Synonyms

baby pigeon, bagpiper, genus Piper, pigeon chick, squab

Scrabble Score: 9

piper is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
piper is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
piper is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

piper is a valid Words With Friends word