DUMP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUMP?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUMP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does DUMP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put something down carelessly.
Dump is probably Scandinavian and imitates the sound of something being set down. The computing sense, meaning to write out the contents of memory, is from the 1950s and is now the commonest technical use.
How DUMP is used
Dumped, dumping. Also a noun.
- They dumped the whole load in the wrong yard.
- The word dump imitates the sound of setting something down.
- A memory dump is written when a program fails.
- The computing sense of dump is from the 1950s.
- Two dumps of the same data taken an hour apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUMP
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with DUMP.
Words with DUMP inside
2 words contain DUMP in the middle. Words that start with DUMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUMP
Common questions about DUMP
- Is DUMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUMP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUMP worth?
- DUMP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUMP mean?
- To put something down carelessly.
- What letters can be added to DUMP?
- DUMP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUMP:
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