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Is taps a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word taps is a Scrabble US word. The word taps is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

T1A1P3S1

Is taps a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word taps is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

T1A1P3S1

Is taps a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word taps is a Words With Friends word. The word taps is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1A1P4S1

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4-letter words (6 found)

APTS,PAST,PATS,SPAT,STAP,TAPS,

3-letter words (11 found)

APT,ASP,ATS,PAS,PAT,PST,SAP,SAT,SPA,TAP,TAS,

2-letter words (5 found)

AS,AT,PA,ST,TA,

You can make 22 words from taps according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of taps

taps

English

Etymology

From tap (noun) +‎ -s. Sense 1 (“signal for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed”) is from the fact that the signal was originally made using a drum.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tæps/
  • Rhymes: -æps

Noun

taps pl (plural only)

  2. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo; the signal is sometimes also given during the funeral of a soldier.
    Coordinate terms: reveille, tattoo

Translations

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Noun

taps

  1. plural of tap

Verb

taps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tap

See also

  • taps aff

References

Anagrams

  • apts., ATSP, ATPs, TPAs, ptas., PTSA, Pats, past, ap'ts, PATs, stap, PTAs, Apts, PSAT, spat, pats, APTS, apts, APTs

Catalan

Noun

taps

  1. plural of tap

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

taps (not comparable)

  1. tapered

Declension

Anagrams

  • past, spat, stap

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from tapsol. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒpʃ]
  • Hyphenation: taps
  • Rhymes: -ɒpʃ

Noun

taps (plural tapsok)

  1. applause, clapping

Declension

Derived terms

  • vastaps

Further reading

  • taps in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latvian

Verb

taps

  1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of tapt

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐps]

Verb

tàps

  1. third-person singular future of tapti (become)
  2. third-person plural future of tapti (become)

Source: wiktionary.org