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What does scrimp mean? Is scrimp a Scrabble word?

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Is scrimp a Scrabble word?

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

S1C3R1I1M3P3

Is scrimp a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1C3R1I1M3P3

Is scrimp a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word scrimp is a Words With Friends word. The word scrimp is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1C4R1I1M4P4

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6-letter words (2 found)

CRIMPS,SCRIMP,

5-letter words (8 found)

CRIMP,CRIMS,CRIPS,CRISP,PRIMS,PRISM,SCRIM,SCRIP,

4-letter words (17 found)

CRIM,CRIP,CRIS,IMPS,MICS,MIPS,MIRS,PICS,PIRS,PRIM,RIMS,RIPS,RISP,SIMP,SMIR,SPIC,SPIM,

3-letter words (17 found)

CIS,IMP,ISM,MIC,MIR,MIS,PIC,PIR,PIS,PSI,RIM,RIP,SIC,SIM,SIP,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (4 found)

IS,MI,PI,SI,

You can make 48 words from scrimp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scrimp

scrimp

Etymology

Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Related to shrink, shrimp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɹɪmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmp

Noun

scrimp (plural scrimps)

  1. A pinching miser; a niggard.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:miser

Verb

scrimp (third-person singular simple present scrimps, present participle scrimping, simple past and past participle scrimped)

  1. (transitive) To make too small or short.
    Synonyms: scant, contract, shorten
  2. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
  3. (intransitive) To be frugal.

Related terms

  • scrimp and save
  • scrimper

Translations

Adjective

scrimp (comparative more scrimp, superlative most scrimp)

  1. Short; scanty; curtailed.

Anagrams

  • crimps

Source: wiktionary.org