1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Chump in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does chump mean? Is chump a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is chump worth? chump how many points in Words With Friends? What does chump mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for chump

See how to calculate how many points for chump.

Is chump a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chump is a Scrabble US word. The word chump is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

C3H4U1M3P3

Is chump a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chump is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3H4U1M3P3

Is chump a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word chump is a Words With Friends word. The word chump is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4H3U2M4P4

Our tools

Valid words made from Chump

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (1 found)

CHUMP,

4-letter words (4 found)

CHUM,HUMP,MUCH,UMPH,

3-letter words (6 found)

CUM,CUP,HUM,HUP,PUH,UMP,

2-letter words (6 found)

CH,HM,MU,UH,UM,UP,

You can make 17 words from chump according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chump

chump hcump cuhmp uchmp hucmp uhcmp chmup hcmup cmhup mchup hmcup mhcup cumhp ucmhp cmuhp mcuhp umchp muchp humcp uhmcp hmucp mhucp umhcp muhcp chupm hcupm cuhpm uchpm hucpm uhcpm chpum hcpum cphum pchum hpcum phcum cuphm ucphm cpuhm pcuhm upchm puchm hupcm uhpcm hpucm phucm uphcm puhcm chmpu hcmpu cmhpu mchpu hmcpu mhcpu chpmu hcpmu cphmu pchmu hpcmu phcmu cmphu mcphu cpmhu pcmhu mpchu pmchu hmpcu mhpcu hpmcu phmcu mphcu pmhcu cumph ucmph cmuph mcuph umcph mucph cupmh ucpmh cpumh pcumh upcmh pucmh cmpuh mcpuh cpmuh pcmuh mpcuh pmcuh umpch mupch upmch pumch mpuch pmuch humpc uhmpc hmupc mhupc umhpc muhpc hupmc uhpmc hpumc phumc uphmc puhmc hmpuc mhpuc hpmuc phmuc mphuc pmhuc umphc muphc upmhc pumhc mpuhc pmuhc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word chump. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in chump.

Definitions and meaning of chump

chump

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʌmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kumbr (“a chopping”), English chop. Probably related to chunk.

Noun

chump (plural chumps)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
    • 2015, chief justice John G. Roberts, dissenting in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission et al., June 29 2015
      What chumps! Didn’t they realize that all they had to do was interpret the constitutional term “the Legislature” to mean “the people”?
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
  3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
Synonyms
  • (an unintelligent person): blockhead, idiot, dope, dolt, dunce, dummy
  • (a gullible person): gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon
  • See also Thesaurus:dupe
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of chomp, itself a variant of champ (“to bite”). More at champ.

Verb

chump (third-person singular simple present chumps, present participle chumping, simple past and past participle chumped)

  1. Dated form of chomp.

Source: wiktionary.org