higgins
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈhɪɡɪnz/
Definition of higgins
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
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A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
“In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for offensive remarks he made on social media after he called Haiti "the nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and referred to Haitians as "eating pets" and "slapstick gangsters".”
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name
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A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
“In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for offensive remarks he made on social media after he called Haiti "the nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and referred to Haitians as "eating pets" and "slapstick gangsters".”
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- An English surname transferred from the given name.
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Etymology
An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).
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