Swap in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does swap mean? Is swap a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is swap worth? swap how many points in Words With Friends? What does swap mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for swap

See how to calculate how many points for swap.

Is swap a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swap is a Scrabble US word. The word swap is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1W4A1P3

Is swap a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swap is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1W4A1P3

Is swap a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word swap is a Words With Friends word. The word swap is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1W4A1P4

Our tools

Valid words made from Swap

Jump to...

Results

4-letter words (5 found)

PAWS,SPAW,SWAP,WAPS,WASP,

3-letter words (8 found)

ASP,PAS,PAW,SAP,SAW,SPA,WAP,WAS,

2-letter words (3 found)

AS,AW,PA,

You can make 16 words from swap according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of swap

swap wsap sawp aswp wasp awsp swpa wspa spwa pswa wpsa pwsa sapw aspw spaw psaw apsw pasw waps awps wpas pwas apws paws

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

Definitions and meaning of swap

swap

Alternative forms

  • swop

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swɒp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

From Middle English swappen (to swap), originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from Old English *swappian, a secondary form of Old English swāpan (to swoop). Cognate with German schwappen (to slosh, slop). Compare also Middle English swippen (to strike, hit), from Old English swipian (to scourge, strike, beat, lash), Old Norse svipa (to swoop, flash, whip, look after, look around). More at swipe.

Verb

swap (third-person singular simple present swaps, present participle swapping, simple past and past participle swapped)

  1. (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
    Synonyms: exchange, switch, trade
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
Synonyms
  • (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): interchange, switch; See also Thesaurus:switch
  • (hit, strike): bang, knock, tap; See also Thesaurus:hit
  • (beat the air): flap
  • (rush hastily): fly, speed, zoom; See also Thesaurus:rush
Hyponyms
  • (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): hot-swap, swap in, swap out
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb swap. First attested in 1620.

Noun

swap (plural swaps)

  1. An exchange of two comparable things.
  2. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
  3. (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
  4. (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
Synonyms
  • (an exchange of things): barter, quid pro quo, trade
Hyponyms
  • (financial derivative): credit default swap; total return swap
Derived terms
Related terms
  • swap line
  • swap meet
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English swap, swappe (a blow, strike, lash from a whip), from the verb (see Etymology 1 above).

Noun

swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.

References

  • swap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • APWs, AWPs, WAPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, waps, wasp

Finnish

Etymology

From English swap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑp/, [ˈs̠ʋɑ̝p]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋæp/, [ˈs̠ʋæp]

Noun

swap (slang)

  1. (finance) swap (financial derivative)
  2. (computing) swap (auxiliary memory)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (in finance): vaihtosopimus

Derived terms

  • verbs: swapata

Further reading

  • swap”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Source: wiktionary.org