Is “Crimp” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
CRIMP
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Crimp

/kɹɪmp/

noun
  1. 1.A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.

    The strap was held together by a simple metal crimp.

  2. 2.The natural curliness of wool fibres.

  3. 3.(usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.

verb
  1. 1.To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.

    Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation.

  2. 2.To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.

    He crimped the wire in place.

  3. 3.To pinch and hold; to seize.

adjective
  1. 1.Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

  2. 2.Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.