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Is sample a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sample is a Scrabble US word. The word sample is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1A1M3P3L1E1

Is sample a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sample is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1A1M3P3L1E1

Is sample a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sample is a Words With Friends word. The word sample is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1A1M4P4L2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

MAPLES,PELMAS,SAMPLE,

5-letter words (25 found)

ALMES,AMPLE,LAMES,LAMPS,LAPSE,LEAMS,LEAPS,MALES,MAPLE,MEALS,MELAS,MESAL,PALES,PALMS,PEALS,PELAS,PELMA,PLASM,PLEAS,PSALM,SALEP,SAMEL,SEPAL,SPALE,SPEAL,

4-letter words (48 found)

ALES,ALME,ALMS,ALPS,AMES,AMPS,APES,APSE,ELMS,LAME,LAMP,LAMS,LAPS,LASE,LEAM,LEAP,LEAS,LEPS,MAES,MALE,MALS,MAPS,MASE,MEAL,MELA,MELS,MESA,PALE,PALM,PALS,PAMS,PASE,PEAL,PEAS,PELA,PELS,PLEA,SALE,SALP,SAME,SAMP,SEAL,SEAM,SLAE,SLAM,SLAP,SPAE,SPAM,

3-letter words (37 found)

ALE,ALP,ALS,AME,AMP,APE,ASP,EAS,ELM,ELS,EMS,LAM,LAP,LAS,LEA,LEP,LES,MAE,MAL,MAP,MAS,MEL,MES,PAL,PAM,PAS,PEA,PEL,PES,SAE,SAL,SAM,SAP,SEA,SEL,SMA,SPA,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AL,AM,AS,EA,EL,EM,ES,LA,MA,ME,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 127 words from sample according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sample

sample

Etymology

From Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæm.pəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːm.pəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæm.pəl/, [ˈsɛəmpəɫ]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsæːm.pəl/, /ˈsaːm.pəl/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsaːm.pəl/, [ˈsäːmpɯ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmpəl, -æmpəl

Noun

sample (plural samples)

  1. A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
  2. (statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
    Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.
  3. (cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
  4. (business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
  5. (music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
  6. (obsolete) Example; pattern.

Synonyms

  • specimen
  • example

Hyponyms

  • product sample

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

sample (third-person singular simple present samples, present participle sampling, simple past and past participle sampled)

  1. (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
  2. (transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
  3. (music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
  4. (transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Mapels, maples, psalme

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃pl/

Noun

sample m (plural samples)

  1. (Louisiana, Cajun) a sample

Spanish

Noun

sample m (plural samples)

  1. (music) sample

Source: wiktionary.org