xyzzy
/ˈzɪzi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
36
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Especially bad are "magic words" from computer games, such as xyzzy. These magic words look secret and unguessable, but in fact they are widely known."
- "Suppose stock xyzzy is selling at $100.00 on January 1, 2002. The classic call option is to pay a fixed amount per share (say $10) for the option to buy..."
- "The path that relates xyzzy to XYZZY cycles many times through the single state of the transducer."
- "How you even form the sentence makes a difference; if you say, "We need technology xyzzy because...," then the battle for common sense is already lost."
- "Perl doesn't care if you call your loop labels things like XYZZY or PLUGH."
Etymology
From the seminal text adventure game Adventure (c.1975), where it served as a "magic word"; possibly originated as a mnemonic for the subscripts of the cross product in mathematics.