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Is tympan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tympan is a Scrabble US word. The word tympan is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

T1Y4M3P3A1N1

Is tympan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tympan is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

T1Y4M3P3A1N1

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Yes. The word tympan is a Words With Friends word. The word tympan is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

TYMPAN,

5-letter words (2 found)

MANTY,PANTY,

4-letter words (9 found)

MANY,MATY,MYNA,PANT,PATY,PYAT,TAMP,TYMP,YMPT,

3-letter words (25 found)

AMP,ANT,ANY,APT,MAN,MAP,MAT,MAY,MNA,NAM,NAP,NAT,NAY,NYM,PAM,PAN,PAT,PAY,PYA,TAM,TAN,TAP,TAY,YAM,YAP,

2-letter words (11 found)

AM,AN,AT,AY,MA,MY,NA,NY,PA,TA,YA,

You can make 48 words from tympan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tympan

tympan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪmpən/

Noun

tympan (plural tympans)

  1. (printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
  2. (music) The stretched membrane of a drum.
  3. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
  4. (architecture) A tympanum.
  5. The tympanum of the ear.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tympanum. Doublet of timbre, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ̃.pɑ̃/

Noun

tympan m (plural tympans)

  1. (anatomy) eardrum
  2. (anatomy) middle ear
  3. (architecture) tympanum
  4. (historical) treadwheel, treadmill
  5. (by extension) hydraulic wheel
  6. (dated or literary, music) various percussion instruments, such as gongs, tympans, tambourines, etc.
  7. (printing) tympan

Derived terms

  • tympanique

Further reading

  • “tympan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org