Taps
noun
- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- A device used to dispense liquids.
"We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap."
- Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
"a liquor of the same tap"
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
"We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread."
verb
- To furnish with taps.
"If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
"He tapped a new barrel of beer."
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To exploit.
"Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
"They can't tap the phone without a warrant."
noun
- A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
"When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around."
- The act of touching a touch screen.
- A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
verb
- To strike lightly.
"She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention."
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
"He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table."
- To make a sharp noise.
"The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane."
- To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Total: 6 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Taps"
Taps is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "taps" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Taps" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "taps" is a low-scoring word.