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Is gasp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gasp is a Scrabble US word. The word gasp is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

G2A1S1P3

Is gasp a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gasp is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

G2A1S1P3

Is gasp a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gasp is a Words With Friends word. The word gasp is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1S1P4

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4-letter words (3 found)

GAPS,GASP,SPAG,

3-letter words (8 found)

AGS,ASP,GAP,GAS,PAS,SAG,SAP,SPA,

2-letter words (3 found)

AG,AS,PA,

You can make 14 words from gasp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gasp

gasp agsp gsap sgap asgp sagp gaps agps gpas pgas apgs pags gspa sgpa gpsa pgsa spga psga aspg sapg apsg pasg spag psag

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

Definitions and meaning of gasp

gasp

Etymology

From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːsp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡæsp/
  • Rhymes: -æsp

Verb

gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)

  1. (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
  2. (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
    • c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad
      She gasps and struggles hard for life.
  3. (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
  4. To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.

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Noun

gasp (plural gasps)

  1. A short, sudden intake of breath.
  2. (British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).

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Interjection

gasp

  1. (humorous) The sound of a gasp.
    Gasp! What will happen next?

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Anagrams

  • A-GPS, AGPs, GPAs, PASG, PGAs, SPAG, gaps, spag

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غصب, from Arabic غَصْب (ḡaṣb).

Noun

gasp (definite accusative gasbı, plural gasplar)

  1. usurpation, seizure by violence

Derived terms

  • gasp etmek

Source: wiktionary.org