Grippes

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Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of grippe, an archaic term for influenza, an acute and highly contagious viral fever.

“In the old medical registers, several winter deaths were recorded simply as grippes.”

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Synonyms

flusinfluenzas

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Wordle

Double P in the middle with -ES ending, this archaic medical plural looks unusual and may surprise Wordle solvers

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Double P scores well (P=3 each), this rare archaic plural is worth knowing for Scrabble tournament dictionaries

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gripped

Words you can make from Grippes

Shorter words formed from the letters in “grippes”.

gripes grippe pipers sipper epris gerip girse gripe grips grise pepsi peris piers piper pipes prepg preps pries prigs prise repps ripes siper speir

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