Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wangiri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wan-giri
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of phone call scam in which the caller dials a random number and immediately hangs up in the hopes that the recipient will call back.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ワン切(ぎ)り (wangiri).

Questions

What does wangiri mean?: A type of phone call scam in which the caller dials a random number and immediately hangs up in the hopes that the recipient will call back.
Where does wangiri come from?: Borrowed from Japanese ワン切(ぎ)り (wangiri).

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