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Is bumper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bumper is a Scrabble US word. The word bumper is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3U1M3P3E1R1

Is bumper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bumper is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3U1M3P3E1R1

Is bumper a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bumper is a Words With Friends word. The word bumper is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2M4P4E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BUMPER,

5-letter words (3 found)

BRUME,UMBER,UMBRE,

4-letter words (12 found)

BERM,BUMP,BURP,MURE,PERM,PREM,PUBE,PUER,PURE,RUBE,RUME,RUMP,

3-letter words (21 found)

BRU,BUM,BUR,EMU,ERM,MEU,PER,PRE,PUB,PUR,REB,REM,REP,RUB,RUE,RUM,UME,UMP,URB,URE,URP,

2-letter words (10 found)

BE,EM,ER,ME,MU,PE,RE,UM,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from bumper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bumper

bumper

Etymology

From bump +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)

Noun

bumper (plural bumpers)

  1. Someone or something that bumps.
  2. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
  3. (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
  4. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
  5. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
  6. (cricket) A bouncer.
  7. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  8. A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
  9. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  10. (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
  11. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
  12. (music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
  13. (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
  14. (Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
  15. (horse racing) In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles.
  16. (video games) A shoulder button on a gamepad.

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Adjective

bumper (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
    We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.
    a bumper collection of silly jokes

Translations

Verb

bumper (third-person singular simple present bumpers, present participle bumpering, simple past and past participle bumpered)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bompər/, [ˈb̥ɔmb̥ər]
  • Homophone: bomber

Verb

bumper

  1. present tense of bumpe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bumper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏmpər/
  • Hyphenation: bum‧per
  • Rhymes: -ʏmpər

Noun

bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n)

  1. bumper of a car, fender

Derived terms

  • bumperkleven
  • bumpersticker

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bumper, bemper

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bumper, from English bumper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊmpər]
  • Hyphenation: bum‧pêr

Noun

bumpêr (first-person possessive bumperku, second-person possessive bumpermu, third-person possessive bumpernya)

  1. bumper.

Alternative forms

  • bemper

Further reading

  • “bumper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Noun

bumper m (plural bumpers)

  1. bumper of a car

Source: wiktionary.org