Definitions for popcorn

popcorn pop·corn

Spelling: [pop-kawrn]
IPA: /ˈpɒpˌkɔrn/

Popcorn is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in popcorn (cnooppr).

Definitions for popcorn

noun

  1. any of several varieties of corn whose kernels burst open and puff out when subjected to dry heat.
  2. popped corn.
  3. peanut (def 4c).

Origin of popcorn

1810-20, Americanism; short for popped corn. See pop1, -ed2, corn1

Examples for popcorn

Words had been exchanged and the texter, Chad Oulson, had stood up and may have thrown a bag of popcorn.

Escobar reported that 43-year-old Chad Oulson had thrown “an unknown object,” maybe a bag of popcorn, at Reeves.

popcorn and apples—Armenian laces, even—beg a quicker audience.

Ellen stood facing the men, with the white festoons of popcorn in her hands.

Then something sound like popcorn beginning to pop real slow.

We never got anything as nice as popcorn and peanuts in the jungle, did we?

When his success was finally projected for the crowd—a 58 to 40 win—the crowd roared, popcorn spilling onto the floor.

But no, they picked a medication that would make every doctor, nurse, and pharmacist in the audience choke on their popcorn.

popcorn, or a disgusting French sour jellybean-like thing called Bubbliz.

We followed with our popcorn, but Antonia hung back—said she had to get her cake into the oven.

Word Value for popcorn
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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