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Is jumper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jumper is a Scrabble US word. The word jumper is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is jumper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jumper is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Yes. The word jumper is a Words With Friends word. The word jumper is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

JUMPER,

4-letter words (10 found)

JUMP,JUPE,JURE,MURE,PERM,PREM,PUER,PURE,RUME,RUMP,

3-letter words (15 found)

EMU,ERM,JEU,MEU,PER,PRE,PUR,REM,REP,RUE,RUM,UME,UMP,URE,URP,

2-letter words (9 found)

EM,ER,ME,MU,PE,RE,UM,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from jumper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jumper

jumper

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊmpə/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From jump +‎ -er.

Noun

jumper (plural jumpers)

  1. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  2. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  3. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
  4. (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
  5. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
  6. (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
  7. (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
  8. The larva of the cheese fly.
  9. (historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
  10. (horology) A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
  11. (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
  12. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
  13. (video games) A platform game based around jumping.
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Translations

Verb

jumper (third-person singular simple present jumpers, present participle jumpering, simple past and past participle jumpered)

  1. (transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.

Etymology 2

From the term jump (“short coat”) in sailors' jargon, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Scottish English jupe (“man's loose jacket or tunic”), from Middle English juype, gype, joupe, from Old French jupe, juppe, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba); see also jibba. Cognate with German Joppe. Alternatively, perhaps derived from jump.

Noun

jumper (plural jumpers)

  1. (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
  2. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
  3. (US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
  4. (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
  5. (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
Descendants
  • → Bengali: জাম্পার (jampar)
  • → Dutch: jumper
  • → Estonian: džemper
  • → Finnish: jumpperi
  • → Georgian: ჯემპრი (ǯemṗri)
  • → German: Jumper
  • → Hungarian: dzsömper
  • → Japanese: ジャンパー (janpā)
  • → Macedonian: џемпер (džemper)
  • → Maltese: ġamper
  • → Portuguese: jumper
  • → Russian: джемпер (džemper)
    • → Kazakh: жемпір (jempır)
    • → Kyrgyz: жемпир (jempir)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џемпер
    Latin script: džemper
  • → Spanish: chompa, chomba
  • → Welsh: siwmper
Translations

See also

  • jumpster

Anagrams

  • rejump

Portuguese

Noun

jumper m (plural jumpers)

  1. jumper (short length of electrical conductor)

Swedish

Noun

jumper c

  1. a jumper (woolen sweater or pullover)

Declension

Note

Svensk Ordbok defines a jumper as specifically an item of women's clothing, whereas the English term "jumper" is gender-neutral.

References

  • jumper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • jumper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • jumper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org