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Is dumpling a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dumpling a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is dumpling a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dumpling is a Words With Friends word. The word dumpling is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DUMPLING,

7-letter words (3 found)

DUMPING,LUMPING,PLUMING,

6-letter words (7 found)

DUPING,IMPUGN,LIGNUM,MULING,PULING,UMPING,UNGILD,

5-letter words (11 found)

DUING,GUILD,GUIMP,LINUM,LUNGI,LUPIN,PILUM,PLING,PUGIL,ULMIN,UNLID,

4-letter words (33 found)

DIMP,DING,DUMP,DUNG,GILD,GIMP,GLID,GLIM,GLUM,GUID,GULP,GUMP,IGLU,LIMN,LIMP,LIND,LING,LUMP,LUNG,MILD,MIND,MING,MUID,MUIL,MUNG,MUNI,PING,PIUM,PLIM,PLUG,PLUM,PULI,PUNG,

3-letter words (48 found)

DIG,DIM,DIN,DIP,DUG,DUI,DUM,DUN,DUP,GID,GIN,GIP,GNU,GUL,GUM,GUN,GUP,IMP,ING,LID,LIG,LIN,LIP,LUD,LUG,LUM,LUN,MID,MIG,MIL,MUD,MUG,MUN,NID,NIL,NIM,NIP,NUG,PIG,PIN,PIU,PLU,PUD,PUG,PUL,PUN,UMP,UNI,

2-letter words (14 found)

DI,GI,GU,ID,IN,LI,MI,MU,NU,PI,UG,UM,UN,UP,

You can make 117 words from dumpling according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dumpling

dumpling

Etymology

A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from some Low German word or from dialectal dump (“lump”) (first attested in the late 1800s), +‎ -ling (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmplɪŋ

Noun

dumpling (plural dumplings)

  1. (cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
    1. By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
  2. (endearing) A term of endearment.
  3. (mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
    • 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated
      Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:dumpling

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • canederlo, gnocchi
  • dim sim
  • dim sum
  • empanada
  • har gow
  • pierogi
  • varenyky
  • pelmeni
  • quenelle
  • ravioli
  • shaomai, shumai
  • wonton

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Further reading

  • dumpling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org