Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

power pill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: pow-er pill
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tablet of the drug ecstasy.

British usage; Slang

Etymology

From a power-up in the Pac-Man video game (1980) that grants the player temporary invulnerability.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

power pills (plural)

Synonyms

E

Questions

What does power pill mean?: A tablet of the drug ecstasy.
Where does power pill come from?: From a power-up in the Pac-Man video game (1980) that grants the player temporary invulnerability.

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