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

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Is damper a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

DAMPER,RAMPED,

5-letter words (10 found)

AMPED,ARMED,DERMA,DRAPE,DREAM,MADRE,PADRE,PARED,RAPED,REMAP,

4-letter words (28 found)

APED,APER,ARED,DAME,DAMP,DARE,DEAR,DERM,DRAM,DRAP,EARD,MADE,MARD,MARE,MEAD,PARD,PARE,PEAR,PERM,PRAD,PRAM,PREM,RADE,RAMP,RAPE,READ,REAM,REAP,

3-letter words (31 found)

AME,AMP,APE,ARD,ARE,ARM,DAE,DAM,DAP,DEP,EAR,ERA,ERM,MAD,MAE,MAP,MAR,MED,PAD,PAM,PAR,PEA,PED,PER,PRE,RAD,RAM,RAP,RED,REM,REP,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AM,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EM,ER,MA,ME,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 87 words from damper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of damper

damper

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: dămp′ər, IPA(key): /ˈdæmpɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From damp (verb) +‎ -er.

The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.

Noun

damper (plural dampers)

  1. Something that damps or checks:
    1. A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
    2. A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
    3. Something that kills the mood.
    4. A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
    5. (mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.
  2. (chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
    • 1827, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, →ISBN,
      The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From damp (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

damper

  1. comparative form of damp: more damp

References

  • “damper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • deramp, ramped

Danish

Etymology 1

A calque of the English steamer.

Noun

damper c (singular definite damperen, plural indefinite dampere)

  1. steamer, steamboat, steamship
Inflection
Synonyms
  • dampskib

Etymology 2

See dampe.

Verb

damper

  1. present of dampe

References

  • “damper” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From damp +‎ -er.

Noun

damper m (definite singular damperen, indefinite plural dampere, definite plural damperne)

  1. a steamer (steamship, steamboat)
Synonyms
  • dampbåt, dampskip
Derived terms
  • hjuldamper

Etymology 2

Noun

damper m

  1. indefinite plural of damp

Etymology 3

Verb

damper

  1. present of dampe

See also

  • dampar (Nynorsk)

References

  • “damper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Turkish

Etymology 1

From English dumper.

Noun

damper (definite accusative damperi, plural damperler)

  1. dump truck, dumper

Etymology 2

From English damper.

Noun

damper (definite accusative damperi, plural damperler)

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References

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damper”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1095

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