thorp

Plural: thorps

Noun

A small village or hamlet.
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.

Examples

She placed THORP on the board, imagining a tiny settlement of letters.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.

Scrabble Score: 10

thorp: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
thorp: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thorp: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

thorp: valid Words With Friends Word