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Is hustle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hustle is a Scrabble US word. The word hustle is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is hustle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hustle is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

HUSTLE,SLEUTH,

5-letter words (5 found)

HULES,LUTES,SHULE,SHUTE,TULES,

4-letter words (25 found)

ELTS,ETHS,HEST,HETS,HUES,HULE,HUTS,LEST,LETS,LUES,LUSH,LUST,LUTE,SHET,SHUL,SHUT,SLUE,SLUT,SUET,TELS,THUS,TULE,TUSH,ULES,UTES,

3-letter words (23 found)

EHS,ELS,ELT,EST,ETH,HES,HET,HUE,HUT,LES,LET,LEU,SEL,SET,SHE,SUE,TEL,TES,THE,ULE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,ES,ET,HE,SH,ST,TE,UH,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from hustle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hustle

hustle

Etymology

From Dutch husselen or by metathesis from Dutch hutselen (“to shake up”), a frequentative of hutsen (“to stir, to move something (back and forth)”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

hustle (third-person singular simple present hustles, present participle hustling, simple past and past participle hustled)

  1. To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
  2. (intransitive) To rush or hurry.
  3. (transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
  4. (transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.
  5. To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
  6. (informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
  7. (informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
  8. (informal) To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
  9. To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
  10. (informal) To work.
  11. (informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.

Synonyms

  • (to rush): fly, make tracks; see also Thesaurus:rush
  • (to deceive): defraud, swindle; see also Thesaurus:deceive
  • (to be a prostitute): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
  • (to work as a pimp): pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
  • (to work): labor

Descendants

  • Dutch: hosselen

Translations

Noun

hustle (countable and uncountable, plural hustles)

  1. A state of busy activity.
  2. A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
  3. (preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.
  4. A scam or swindle.
  5. (prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
  6. (slang) An act of prostitution.
  7. (informal) An activity, especially to achieve a desired goal or make money.

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Anagrams

  • Hulets, Lesuth, Lueths, sleuth

Source: wiktionary.org