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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.

All 4 letters words made out of sump

sump usmp smup msup umsp musp supm uspm spum psum upsm pusm smpu mspu spmu psmu mpsu pmsu umps mups upms pums mpus pmus

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sump. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sump.

Definitions and meaning of sump

sump

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.
    We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
    This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.

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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