packet

Plural: packets

Noun

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
(computer science) a message or message fragment
a small package or bundle
a boat for carrying mail
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
A plastic bag.
Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
A large amount of money.

Verb

Verb Forms: packeted, packeting, packets

To form into a small package or bundle.
To make up into a packet or bundle.
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.

Examples

a packet of biscuits
a packet of letters
Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!
He managed to PACKET his scattered tiles into the word ’TACKIE’, just barely fitting it.
It'll cost a packet to fix this.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.

Synonyms

bundle, mail boat, mailboat, package, packet boat, parcel

Scrabble Score: 14

packet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
packet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
packet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

packet: valid Words With Friends Word