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Is ping a Scrabble word?

Yes, ping is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of ping?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.Examples: "The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship."

2. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.Examples: "The network is overloaded from all the pings going out."

3. (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.Examples: "I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim."Internet

4. (networking) Latency.Examples: ""You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning."; "Your best bet to negate lag is to go to a server using the zero ping mutator. This will compensate for your high ping when using a pistol, sniper or […]"

5. (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

6. (Wikimedia jargon) A notification.

verb (English)

1. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

2. (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.Examples: "I'm pinging their server."; "The server pings its affiliates periodically."; "Just because you cannot ping a server or telnet to it does not mean that the server is down or inaccessible."

3. (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.Examples: "I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim."; "If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you."; "If certain attendees don't actively participate and that's a surprise to you, ping them an email or private chat message and ask what's happening for them."broadly

4. (colloquial) To flick.Examples: "I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger."colloquial

5. (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.Examples: "The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back."colloquialintransitive

6. (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.Examples: "Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running."colloquialtransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "ping"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "ping"?

Scrabble
7 points
P3
I1
N1
G2
Words With Friends
10 points
P4
I1
N2
G3

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