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Words ending in PA
There are 30 words ending in PA in the standard word-game list. The most common are grandpa, papa, spa, kappa, poppa, cuppa.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| grandpa | the father of your father or mother | 11 |
| papa | an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | 8 |
| spa | a health resort near a spring or at the seaside | 5 |
| kappa | the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet | 13 |
| poppa | Father, papa. | 11 |
| cuppa | a cup of tea | 11 |
| culpa | Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being… | 9 |
| sherpa | a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers | 11 |
| grappa | Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing | 11 |
| catalpa | tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods | 11 |
| chutzpa | (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | 23 |
| dopa | amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | 7 |
| jipijapa | Panama hat | 26 |
| kalpa | A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas). | 11 |
| koppa | The 18th Ancient Greek letter in early versions of the Greek alphabet, Ϙ (lowercase ϙ). | 13 |
| levodopa | the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to… | 14 |
| limpa | a rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar | 9 |
| metepa | A chemosterilant also used in creaseproofing and flameproofing textiles, a methyl derivative of tepa. | 10 |
| methyldopa | antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure | 21 |
| milpa | A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica. | 9 |
| nipa | made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm | 6 |
| pampa | Singular of pampas | 11 |
| pupa | an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult | 8 |
| salpa | minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end | 7 |
| stupa | a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists | 7 |
| tapa | the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus | 6 |
| tepa | A tree native to Chile and Argentina, Laureliopsis philippiana | 6 |
| thiotepa | an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies | 13 |