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Yes. The word hamper is a Scrabble US word. The word hamper is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is hamper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hamper is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

HAMPER,

5-letter words (7 found)

HAREM,HEPAR,HERMA,PHARE,PHARM,RAPHE,REMAP,

4-letter words (23 found)

AHEM,APER,EPHA,HAEM,HAME,HARE,HARM,HARP,HEAP,HEAR,HEMP,HERM,MARE,PARE,PEAR,PERM,PRAM,PREM,RAMP,RAPE,REAM,REAP,RHEA,

3-letter words (31 found)

AME,AMP,APE,ARE,ARM,EAR,ERA,ERM,HAE,HAM,HAP,HEM,HEP,HER,MAE,MAP,MAR,MEH,PAH,PAM,PAR,PEA,PEH,PER,PRE,RAH,RAM,RAP,REH,REM,REP,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AM,AR,EA,EH,EM,ER,HA,HE,HM,MA,ME,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 79 words from hamper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hamper

hamper

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.pə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæm.pɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”).

Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.

Alternative forms

  • hampire (obsolete)

Noun

hamper (plural hampers)

  1. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
  2. (uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
  3. (UK) A gift basket.
Translations

Verb

hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered)

  1. (transitive) To put into a hamper.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”), German hemmen (“to stop, hinder, check”). More at hamble.

Verb

hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered)

  1. (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
    Synonyms: ensnare, inveigle
  2. To impede in motion or progress.
    Synonyms: hinder, embarrass, encumber
Translations

Noun

hamper (plural hampers)

  1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
  2. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
Derived terms
  • top-hamper (“unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft”)
Translations

Anagrams

  • Perham

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hamper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhampər]
  • Hyphenation: ham‧pêr

Noun

hamper (plural hamper-hamper, first-person possessive hamperku, second-person possessive hampermu, third-person possessive hampernya)

  1. gift.
    Synonyms: paket, parsel

Further reading

  • “hamper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • hampa

Etymology

From Old Norse hampr, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.

Noun

hamper m

  1. hemp

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: hampa

References

  • hamper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • hamper in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Source: wiktionary.org