mecha

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5

Definition of mecha

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
    “Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.”
    “A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.”
    “Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...”
    “Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.”
    “[…] to be a “lifter”—to pilot a mecha that can also transform into an air board […]”

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Etymology

From Japanese メカ (meka), from an abbreviation of the English mechanical.

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