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Is gazump a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gazump is a Scrabble US word. The word gazump is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

G2A1Z10U1M3P3

Is gazump a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gazump is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

G2A1Z10U1M3P3

Is gazump a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gazump is a Words With Friends word. The word gazump is worth 24 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1Z10U2M4P4

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6-letter words (1 found)

GAZUMP,

4-letter words (6 found)

GAMP,GAUM,GAUP,GUMP,PUMA,ZUPA,

3-letter words (15 found)

AMP,AMU,GAM,GAP,GAU,GUM,GUP,MAG,MAP,MUG,PAM,PUG,UMP,ZAG,ZAP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AG,AM,GU,MA,MU,PA,UG,UM,UP,ZA,

You can make 32 words from gazump according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gazump

gazump

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəˈzʌmp/
  • (General American) enPR: gə-zŭmpʹ, IPA(key): /ɡəˈzʌmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp
  • Hyphenation: ga‧zump

Etymology 1

Possibly from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).

Alternative forms

  • gazoomph
  • gazumph

Verb

gazump (third-person singular simple present gazumps, present participle gazumping, simple past and past participle gazumped)

  1. (British) To swindle; to extort.
  2. (British, Australia, real estate) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
  3. (British, Australia, real estate) To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
  4. (British, Australia) To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.

Noun

gazump (plural gazumps)

  1. (British, Australia, real estate) The act of gazumping.

See also

  • gazunder

Etymology 2

Noun

gazump (plural gazumps)

  1. (US, slang, dated) An automobile.
  2. A politician who takes bribes.

Source: wiktionary.org