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Is tamper a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tamper is a Scrabble US word. The word tamper is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is tamper a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tamper is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

EMPART,TAMPER,

5-letter words (16 found)

APERT,APTER,ARMET,MATER,MPRET,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,RAMET,REMAP,TAMER,TAPER,TRAMP,TRAPE,TREMA,

4-letter words (37 found)

APER,ARET,EMPT,MARE,MART,MATE,MEAT,META,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERM,PERT,PRAM,PRAT,PREM,RAMP,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAM,REAP,TAME,TAMP,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAM,TEAR,TEMP,TEPA,TERM,TRAM,TRAP,TREM,

3-letter words (36 found)

AME,AMP,APE,APT,ARE,ARM,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERM,ETA,MAE,MAP,MAR,MAT,MET,PAM,PAR,PAT,PEA,PER,PET,PRE,RAM,RAP,RAT,REM,REP,RET,TAE,TAM,TAP,TAR,TEA,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AM,AR,AT,EA,EM,ER,ET,MA,ME,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 107 words from tamper according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tamper

tamper

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: Tampa (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

tamp +‎ -er

Noun

tamper (plural tampers)

  1. A person or thing that tamps.
  2. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
  3. (rail transport) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
    Synonyms: ballast tamper, tamping machine
  4. An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French temprer (“to temper, mix, meddle”). Doublet of temper.

Verb

tamper (third-person singular simple present tampers, present participle tampering, simple past and past participle tampered)

  1. (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
    Synonym: interfere
  2. (intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
  3. (dated) To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
    • 1741, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, London: C. Rivington and J. Osborn, Volume 1, “To my worthy Friend, the Editor of PAMELA,” p. xii,[7]
      […] No Art used to inflame him, no Coquetry practised to tempt or intice him, and no Prudery or Affectation to tamper with his Passions; but, on the contrary, artless and unpractised in the Wiles of the World, all her Endeavours, and even all her Wishes, tended only to render herself as un-amiable as she could in his Eyes:
  4. (obsolete) To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
    • 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-holder, No. 31, 6 April, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, p. 180,[10]
      […] he was beheaded upon the Defeat of the Conspiracy for having but thus far tampered in it.
  5. (obsolete) To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
  6. (US, Canada, in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
    Synonym: (UK) tap up
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Anagrams

  • empart, mat rep

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.pe/

Verb

tamper

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