Ampere
6 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
A unit of electric current, named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère, equivalent to the flow of one coulomb of charge per second.
“The circuit was rated to carry no more than five amperes continuously.”
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/ˈæmˌpɛər/
Syllables
am·pere
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Wordle
Contains A, E, E, three vowels including a repeated E. The P in the middle is less commonly placed.
Scrabble
Worth 10 points. The P and double E make it a solid play. A well-known scientific term easy to recall.
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