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Is tamp a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tamp a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1A1M3P3

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4-letter words (1 found)

TAMP,

3-letter words (8 found)

AMP,APT,MAP,MAT,PAM,PAT,TAM,TAP,

2-letter words (5 found)

AM,AT,MA,PA,TA,

You can make 14 words from tamp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tamp

tamp atmp tmap mtap amtp matp tapm atpm tpam ptam aptm patm tmpa mtpa tpma ptma mpta pmta ampt mapt apmt pamt mpat pmat

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

Definitions and meaning of tamp

tamp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæmp/
  • Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion.

Verb

tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)

  2. (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
  3. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • tampon
  • tamper

Etymology 2

Perhaps confusion with damp.

Verb

tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the intensity of.

Danish

Etymology

Unknown, but compare Dutch tamp, Swedish tamp.

Noun

tamp

  1. the (free) end of a rope

Derived terms

  • tampen brænder (“getting hotter”)

Dutch

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”), and cognate with German Zumpf (“penis”), Persian دنب (donb, “tail”), and perhaps Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑmp/
  • Hyphenation: tamp
  • Rhymes: -ɑmp

Noun

tamp m (plural tampen, diminutive tampje n)

  1. (nautical) the end of a rope or chain
  2. (slang) penis

Derived terms

  • tampeloeres

Swedish

Noun

tamp c

  1. The end, or end piece, of a rope

Declension


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