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Is sump a Scrabble word?

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

S1U1M3P3

Is sump a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1U1M3P3

Is sump a Words With Friends word?

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

S1U2M4P4

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4-letter words (2 found)

SUMP,UMPS,

3-letter words (7 found)

MUS,PUS,SUM,SUP,UMP,UMS,UPS,

2-letter words (4 found)

MU,UM,UP,US,

You can make 13 words from sump according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sump

sump

English

Alternative forms

  • sumph (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

sump (plural sumps)

  1. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
  2. The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
  3. A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
  4. (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
  5. (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
  6. (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.

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Verb

sump (third-person singular simple present sumps, present participle sumping, simple past and past participle sumped)

  1. (intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.

Translations

Anagrams

  • umps

Danish

Noun

sump

  1. swamp

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf.

Noun

sump m (definite singular sumpen, indefinite plural sumper, definite plural sumpene)

  1. a swamp (type of wetland)

Derived terms

  • sumpskilpadde

References

  • “sump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf.

Noun

sump m (definite singular sumpen, indefinite plural sumpar, definite plural sumpane)

  1. a swamp (type of wetland)

References

  • “sump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf. Probably a doublet of sopp and svamp.

Noun

sump c

  1. (fishing, containers) a corf, a container for keeping live fish
  2. (geography) marshy ground
  3. short for kaffesump (“coffee grounds”)

Declension

Derived terms

  • sumprunkare (“corf-rocker; an occupation”)
  • sumpmark (“marsh”)

Descendants

  • → Finnish: sumppu

References

  • sump in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • sump in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • sump in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • sump in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Source: wiktionary.org