Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puffcorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: puff-corn
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She tossed the pork rinds into the trash can and settled on some cheese puffcorn curls—not the healthiest things in the world but an improvement upon the former."
"Additional products include pretzels, regular and cheese puffcorn, cheese curls, corn chips, tortilla chips, pork rinds and salsa dip."
"Suddenly, something Henry said caught my attention. “Where'd you get these boxes of puffcorn?” he asked. “This stuff has no taste at all!”"

Etymology

From puff + corn.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does puffcorn mean?: A corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.
Where does puffcorn come from?: From puff + corn.

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