DAMP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DAMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAMP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAMP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DAMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does DAMP mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Slightly wet, in an unpleasant way.
Damp meant a vapour or a gas before it meant moisture, and that sense survives in firedamp, the methane that explodes in coal mines. The dampers on a piano stop strings rather than wet them.
How DAMP is used
Before and after the noun. Also a verb and a noun.
- A damp wall dries in summer and returns in October.
- The word damp meant a gas before it meant moisture.
- Firedamp keeps the older sense of damp intact.
- A damper on a piano stops the string.
- They damped the fire down and went to bed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAMP
24 longer words begin with DAMP.
Words ending in DAMP
5 words end in DAMP. Useful as a back hook: play DAMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAMP inside
8 words contain DAMP in the middle. Words that start with DAMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAMP
Common questions about DAMP
- Is DAMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAMP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAMP worth?
- DAMP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAMP mean?
- Slightly wet, in an unpleasant way.
- What letters can be added to DAMP?
- DAMP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DAMP:
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