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Is harp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word harp is a Scrabble US word. The word harp is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is harp a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word harp is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

H4A1R1P3

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4-letter words (1 found)

HARP,

3-letter words (5 found)

HAP,PAH,PAR,RAH,RAP,

2-letter words (4 found)

AH,AR,HA,PA,

You can make 10 words from harp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of harp

harp ahrp hrap rhap arhp rahp hapr ahpr hpar phar aphr pahr hrpa rhpa hpra phra rpha prha arph raph aprh parh rpah prah

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

Definitions and meaning of harp

harp

Etymology

From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɑːp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɑɹp/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p

Noun

harp (plural harps)

  1. (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
    1. Any instrument of the same musicological type.
  2. (colloquial) A harmonica.
  3. (Scotland) A grain sieve.
  4. The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
  5. Short for harp seal.

Synonyms

  • glee-beam

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • harp seal

Translations

See also

  • lyre

Verb

harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped)

  1. (derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
    (US)
    (UK)
  2. (transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument).
  3. (transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

Synonyms

  • keep on about
  • perseverate

Translations

References

  • 2013. The Physics of Musical Instruments. Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing. Pg. 331.

Anagrams

  • PHAR

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑrp
  • IPA(key): /ɦɑrp/

Noun

harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n)

  1. harp

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حرب (harb), borrowed from Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑɾʲp/

Noun

harp (definite accusative harbi, plural harpler)

  1. (archaic) war
    Synonym: savaş

Derived terms

  • Büyük Harp
  • Cihan Harbi

Related terms

  • harbî (“military”)
  • harbiye

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf).

Noun

harp (definite accusative harpy, plural harplar)

  1. letter (of an alphabet)

Declension


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