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Is pimple a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pimple is a Scrabble US word. The word pimple is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

P3I1M3P3L1E1

Is pimple a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pimple is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

P3I1M3P3L1E1

Is pimple a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pimple is a Words With Friends word. The word pimple is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4I1M4P4L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PIMPLE,

5-letter words (1 found)

IMPEL,

4-letter words (9 found)

LIME,LIMP,LIPE,MILE,PILE,PIMP,PIPE,PLIE,PLIM,

3-letter words (12 found)

ELM,IMP,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIP,MEL,MIL,PEL,PEP,PIE,PIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,EM,LI,ME,MI,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from pimple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pimple

pimple

Etymology

Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĭm'p(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmpəl

Noun

pimple (plural pimples)

  1. (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
  2. (slang) An annoying person.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch (whisky)
    Synonym: pimple and blotch

Synonyms

  • acker (old Australian slang)
  • acne
  • pustule
  • spot (UK, slang)
  • plook (Scottish)
  • zit (US, slang)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • blackhead
  • whitehead

Verb

pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)

  1. To develop pimples

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Spanish

Verb

pimple

  1. inflection of pimplar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org