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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):

T1E1M4P4

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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.

All 4 letters words made out of temp

temp etmp tmep mtep emtp metp tepm etpm tpem ptem eptm petm tmpe mtpe tpme ptme mpte pmte empt mept epmt pemt mpet pmet

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

Definitions and meaning of temp

temp

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)

  1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
  2. (programming, informal) A temporary storage location.

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

  • EMT-P, Emp't, PETM, 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): /tɛmp/
  • 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