Is “Ping” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
PING
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Ping

/pɪŋ/

noun
  1. 1.A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

    My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.

  2. 2.(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

    The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.

  3. 3.A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

    The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

verb
  1. 1.To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

    My car was pinging until my last oil change.

  2. 2.(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

  3. 3.To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

    I'm pinging their server.