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Is bustle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bustle is a Scrabble US word. The word bustle is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

B3U1S1T1L1E1

Is bustle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bustle is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3U1S1T1L1E1

Is bustle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bustle is a Words With Friends word. The word bustle is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2S1T1L2E1

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6-letter words (6 found)

BLUEST,BLUETS,BUSTLE,BUTLES,SUBLET,SUBTLE,

5-letter words (12 found)

BELTS,BLEST,BLETS,BLUES,BLUET,BULSE,BUTES,BUTLE,LUBES,LUTES,TUBES,TULES,

4-letter words (28 found)

BELS,BELT,BEST,BETS,BLET,BLUE,BUST,BUTE,BUTS,ELTS,LEST,LETS,LUBE,LUES,LUST,LUTE,SLEB,SLUB,SLUE,SLUT,STUB,SUET,TELS,TUBE,TUBS,TULE,ULES,UTES,

3-letter words (22 found)

BEL,BES,BET,BUS,BUT,ELS,ELT,EST,LES,LET,LEU,SEL,SET,SUB,SUE,TEL,TES,TUB,ULE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,EL,ES,ET,ST,TE,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from bustle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bustle

bustle

Etymology

From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) +‎ -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌsəl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌsəl

Noun

bustle (countable and uncountable, plural bustles)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.
  2. (computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  3. (historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

Derived terms

  • hustle and bustle, hustle-bustle

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Verb

bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)

  1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
    The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
    The train station was bustling with commuters.
  3. (transitive) To push around, to importune.

Synonyms

  • (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
  • (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem

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Anagrams

  • bluest, bluets, butles, sublet, subtle

Source: wiktionary.org