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Is jarp a Scrabble word?

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

J8A1R1P3

Is jarp a Scrabble UK word?

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

J8A1R1P3

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4-letter words (1 found)

JARP,

3-letter words (5 found)

JAP,JAR,PAR,RAJ,RAP,

2-letter words (3 found)

AR,JA,PA,

You can make 9 words from jarp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of jarp

jarp ajrp jrap rjap arjp rajp japr ajpr jpar pjar apjr pajr jrpa rjpa jpra pjra rpja prja arpj rapj aprj parj rpaj praj

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

Definitions and meaning of jarp

jarp

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots jaup (“(noun) dash or splash of mud, water, etc.; broken piece, fragment; light blow, slap; (verb) of water: to dash; to splash; to cause a splash by striking the surface of or throwing water; to bespatter or splash (mud, water, etc.); (obsolete) to knock about, manhandle”), perhaps from jalp, jilp (“to spill, splash, squirt”), probably originally imitative of a splash.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑːp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑɹp/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p

Noun

jarp (plural jarps)

  1. (Cumbria, Ireland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, games) The act of knocking one's pace-egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.

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Verb

jarp (third-person singular simple present jarps, present participle jarping, simple past and past participle jarped)

  1. (transitive, Cumbria, Ireland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, games) To knock (a pace-egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.

Derived terms

  • jarping (noun)

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References

Further reading

  • egg tapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • James Blenkin (2003) “Shildon C20/mid – Word List”, in Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[1], archived from the original on 27 November 2022.
  • “Easter Sunday: Egg Jarping (Egg Tapping)”, in Woodlands Primary School‎[2], Tonbridge, Kent, c. 2006, archived from the original on 15 April 2006.

Source: wiktionary.org