KAPPA
What does "KAPPA" mean?
The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Κ, κ), corresponding to the Roman 'K'.
Meanings
- The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, written Κ or κ. The constant for thermal conductivity is often written as a lowercase kappa.
- A water creature from Japanese folklore, a mischievous river spirit. In the old tale, the kappa lurked in the pond and pulled travellers under.
Did you know?
- The Greek letter kappa lends its name to Cohen's kappa, a statistic introduced by Jacob Cohen in 1960 that measures how much two raters agree beyond what chance alone would produce.
Word origin
From Greek 'kappa', the name of the letter Κ, borrowed in turn from the Phoenician letter 'kaph' (meaning 'palm of the hand').
Remember it
KAPPA sounds like 'cap-a': picture a Greek letter K wearing a cap on each peak.
A little poem
A small angled K-
tenth in line, it holds the curve
of an ancient palm.
haiku
What it teaches
A single borrowed letter can travel three thousand years and still find new work to do.
Quick facts
What does KAPPA mean?
The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Κ, κ), corresponding to the Roman 'K'.
Is KAPPA a valid word?
Yes — KAPPA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is KAPPA?
KAPPA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does KAPPA come from?
From Greek 'kappa', the name of the letter Κ, borrowed in turn from the Phoenician letter 'kaph' (meaning 'palm of the hand').
What can KAPPA teach us?
A single borrowed letter can travel three thousand years and still find new work to do.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.