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Is temp a Scrabble word?

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

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Is temp a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1E1M3P3

Is temp a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

EMPT,TEMP,

3-letter words (2 found)

MET,PET,

2-letter words (5 found)

EM,ET,ME,PE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from temp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of temp

temp

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmp

Etymology 1

Clipping of temperature.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

  1. Clipping of temperature.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See temp.

Adverb

temp (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of temporary.

Adjective

temp (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of temporary.

Noun

temp (plural temps) (informal)

  1. Synonym of temporary (“short-term employee”).
  2. (programming) Synonym of temporary (“short-term variable”).
Derived terms
  • temp agency
Translations

Verb

temp (third-person singular simple present temps, present participle temping, simple past and past participle temped)

  1. (transitive, informal) To work as a temporary employee.
    • 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50
      --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.
Translations

Anagrams

  • PEMT, Emp't, PETM, EMT-P, empt

Latvian

Verb

temp

  1. inflection of tempt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛmp/

Noun

temp m (plural tempijiet)

  1. weather
  2. (grammar) tense

Related terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmp
  • Syllabification: temp
  • Homophone: tęp

Noun

temp n

  1. genitive plural of tempo

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • temps (Sursilvan)
  • taimp (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
  • tains (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Noun

temp m (plural temps)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) time

Related terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ura
  • (Surmiran) oura

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of temperatur (“temperature”).

Noun

temp c

  1. (colloquial, often in the definite "tempen") (body) temperature (as an indication of whether someone is sick)
  2. (colloquial, figuratively, in "ta tempen") to probe, to take someone's pulse (ascertain a mood, thoughts, or the like)

Declension

References

  • temp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • temp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • temp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org