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Is clump a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clump is a Scrabble US word. The word clump is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is clump a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clump is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3L1U1M3P3

Is clump a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

CLUMP,

4-letter words (3 found)

CULM,LUMP,PLUM,

3-letter words (6 found)

CUM,CUP,LUM,PLU,PUL,UMP,

2-letter words (3 found)

MU,UM,UP,

You can make 13 words from clump according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of clump

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Definitions and meaning of clump

clump

Etymology

From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

clump (plural clumps)

  1. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
  2. A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
    • 1954, Lucian Hobart Ryland (translator), Adelaide of Brunswick (originally by Marquis de Sade)
  3. A dull thud.
  4. The compressed clay of coal strata.
  5. A small group of trees or plants.
  6. (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.

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Verb

clump (third-person singular simple present clumps, present participle clumping, simple past and past participle clumped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To gather in dense groups.
  3. (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
  4. (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.

Derived terms

  • clump up

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Further reading

  • Clump in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Source: wiktionary.org