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Is palp a Scrabble word?

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

P3A1L1P3

Is palp a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3A1L1P3

Is palp a Words With Friends word?

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

P4A1L2P4

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4-letter words (2 found)

PALP,PLAP,

3-letter words (5 found)

ALP,APP,LAP,PAL,PAP,

2-letter words (3 found)

AL,LA,PA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of palp

palp aplp plap lpap alpp lapp papl appl ppal ppal appl papl plpa lppa ppla ppla lppa plpa alpp lapp aplp palp lpap plap

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Definitions and meaning of palp

palp

Etymology

  • (verb): From French palper.
  • (noun): From New Latin palpus (“a feeler”).
  • Both ultimately from Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pælp/
  • Rhymes: -ælp

Noun

palp (plural palps or palpi)

  1. (zoology) Synonym of pedipalp.

Translations

Noun

palp (countable and uncountable, plural palps)

  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
    Synonym: pulp
  2. (medicine, uncountable, colloquial) Short for palpation.
    pain on palp

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Verb

palp (third-person singular simple present palps, present participle palping, simple past and past participle palped)

  1. To feel, to explore by touch.

Translations

Adjective

palp (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Palpatory; obtained by palpation.
    palp blood pressure

Related terms

  • palpability
  • palpable
  • palpate
  • palpation
  • palpiform
  • palpitate
  • palpitation

Further reading

  • “palp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “palp”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “palp”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Appl., Lapp, appl., plap

Romanian

Noun

palp m (plural palpi)

  1. Alternative form of palpă

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org