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Is hump a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hump is a Scrabble US word. The word hump is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

H4U1M3P3

Is hump a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hump is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4U1M3P3

Is hump a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hump is a Words With Friends word. The word hump is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3U2M4P4

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4-letter words (2 found)

HUMP,UMPH,

3-letter words (4 found)

HUM,HUP,PUH,UMP,

2-letter words (5 found)

HM,MU,UH,UM,UP,

You can make 11 words from hump according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hump

hump uhmp hmup mhup umhp muhp hupm uhpm hpum phum uphm puhm hmpu mhpu hpmu phmu mphu pmhu umph muph upmh pumh mpuh pmuh

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

Definitions and meaning of hump

hump

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʌmp/, [hɐm̥p]
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

hump (plural humps)

  1. A mound of earth.
  2. A speed bump or speed hump.
  3. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  4. (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
  5. (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
  6. (British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
  7. (slang) A painfully boorish person.
  8. A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.

Synonyms

  • (abnormal deformity of the spine): gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback

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Verb

hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped)

  1. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
  3. To rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse.
    1. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
    2. (vulgar, slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
  4. (US, slang, dated) To exert oneself; to make an effort.
    • 1917, Hart Crane, letter, in Complete Poems & Selected Letters, Library of America 2006:
      Lessons are keeping me humping now, and will probably do so all summer.
  5. (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.
  6. (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.

Synonyms

  • (to carry): heft, shoulder, tote; see also Thesaurus:carry
  • (to go on foot): hike, trek, walk; see also Thesaurus:walk
  • (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
  • (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • phum, umph

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.

Noun

hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humper, definite plural humpene)

  1. a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)

Derived terms

  • fartshump

References

  • “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.

Noun

hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humpar, definite plural humpane)

  1. a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)

Derived terms

  • fartshump

References

  • “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

hump c

  1. (agriculture) Dialectal (e.g. Östergötland) form of utmark and utäga (“outfield”)

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