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Is app a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word app is a Scrabble US word. The word app is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is app a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word app is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

A1P3P3

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Yes. The word app is a Words With Friends word. The word app is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

APP,PAP,

2-letter words (1 found)

PA,

You can make 3 words from app according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of app

app pap app pap ppa ppa

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Definitions and meaning of app

app

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æp/
  • (US) IPA(key): [æʔp̚]
  • Hyphenation: app
  • Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Shortening of application.

Noun

app (plural apps)

  1. (computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
  2. (military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
    • 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
      SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
      PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
  3. (education, informal) application (to a college etc.)
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Etymology 2

Shortening of appetizer.

Noun

app (plural apps)

  1. (informal) appetizer

Etymology 3

Shortening of appearance.

Noun

app (plural apps)

  1. (sports) An appearance in a game.

See also

  • Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

  • PAP, PPA, pap

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English app.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈap]

Noun

app f (plural apps)

  1. app
    Synonyms: aplicació mòbil, apli

Further reading

  • “app” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2024.

Danish

Etymology

From English app, shortened from application.

Noun

app c (singular definite appen, plural indefinite apper or apps)

  1. (computing) app

Declension

Synonyms

  • applikation
  • mobilapp

Derived terms

  • appudvikler
  • mobilapp

References

  • “app” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From English app. The senses pertaining to text messaging are influenced by the app name WhatsApp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛp/
  • Hyphenation: app
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)

  1. an app
  2. (Netherlands, typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app
  3. (Netherlands) a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʰpː/
    Rhymes: -aʰpː

Noun

app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)

  1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

app m (plural apps)

  1. Only used in bon app (“bon appétit”)

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of applikáció (“application”), from English application.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒpː]
  • Hyphenation: app
  • Rhymes: -ɒpː

Noun

app (plural appok)

  1. (computing) app, application
    Synonyms: alkalmazás, applikáció

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ahp/
    Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

app n (genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)

  1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)
    Synonym: smáforrit

Declension

Further reading

  • “app” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English app.

Noun

app f (invariable)

  1. app

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *appi.

Noun

app

  1. father-in-law

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English app.

Pronunciation

Noun

app (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural apps)

  1. (computing) app (small computer application)
    Synonyms: aplicação, (Brazil) aplicativo

Further reading

  • “app” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English app (with gender by association with aplicación f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈap/ [ˈap]
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: app

Noun

app f (plural apps)

  1. (computing) app
    Synonym: aplicación

Usage notes

  • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el app, un app
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
  • In practice, this rule is often not followed and the form la app is widely used.

Swedish

Noun

app c

  1. (computing) an app (especially on mobile phones and the like, like in English)
    Synonym: applikation

Declension

Derived terms

  • mobilapp

Interjection

app

  1. Expresses reproach; "Hey, don't do that!"

Usage notes

Usually repeated.

References

  • app in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • app in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org