How can I cut a word under cursor in Vim?

Question

I usually want to cut the word under cursor and paste it somewhere else, is there any existing command can do this?

For example, if the cursor is under x in AA BXB CC DD, the result should be AA CC DD while BXB is copied to system clipboard.

Answer 1

Type diw

This means delete in word.

Related commands:

• To copy: yiw
• To cut: ciw