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Is limp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word limp is a Scrabble US word. The word limp is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1I1M3P3

Is limp a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word limp is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1I1M3P3

Is limp a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word limp is a Words With Friends word. The word limp is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

LIMP,PLIM,

3-letter words (3 found)

IMP,LIP,MIL,

2-letter words (3 found)

LI,MI,PI,

You can make 8 words from limp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of limp

limp ilmp lmip mlip imlp milp lipm ilpm lpim plim iplm pilm lmpi mlpi lpmi plmi mpli pmli impl mipl ipml piml mpil pmil

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

Definitions and meaning of limp

limp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmp

Etymology 1

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).

Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).

Verb

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)

  1. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
  2. (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
    The bomber limped home on one engine.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
    limping verses
    The business limped through the recession
  4. (poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
Derived terms
  • limpard
  • limper
  • limp in
  • limping iamb
Translations

Noun

limp (plural limps)

  1. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
    She walks with a limp.
  2. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).

Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.

Adjective

limp (comparative limper, superlative limpest)

  1. flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
  2. lacking stiffness; flimsy
    a limp rope
  3. (of a penis) not erect
  4. (of a man) not having an erect penis
  5. physically weak
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)

  1. (intransitive, stative) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

Noun

limp (plural limps)

  1. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

Etymology 3

From Middle English limpen, from Old English limpan (“to happen, occur, exist, belong to, suit, befit, concern”).

Cognate with Scots limp (“to chance to be, come”), Middle Dutch limpen (“to happen”), Middle Low German gelimpen (“to moderate, treat mildly”), Middle High German limfen (“to suit, become”).

Verb

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past lamp or limped, past participle lump or limped)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
Derived terms
  • belimp

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

  • Limp

Phrase

limp

  1. (historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales. (a code-word among Jacobites)

References

Anagrams

  • IPML, impl, pilm, plim

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • linp

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin lampas. Compare Italian lampo.

Noun

limp m

  1. lightning

Source: wiktionary.org