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Is jostle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jostle is a Scrabble US word. The word jostle is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is jostle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jostle is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

J8O1S1T1L1E1

Is jostle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word jostle is a Words With Friends word. The word jostle is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

J10O1S1T1L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

JOSTLE,

5-letter words (6 found)

JOLES,JOLTS,LOTES,STOLE,TELOS,TOLES,

4-letter words (23 found)

ELTS,JEST,JETS,JOES,JOLE,JOLS,JOLT,JOTS,LEST,LETS,LOSE,LOST,LOTE,LOTS,OLES,SJOE,SLOE,SLOT,SOLE,TELS,TOES,TOLE,TOSE,

3-letter words (21 found)

ELS,ELT,EST,JET,JOE,JOL,JOT,LES,LET,LOS,LOT,OES,OLE,OSE,SEL,SET,SOL,SOT,TEL,TES,TOE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,ES,ET,JO,LO,OE,OS,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 63 words from jostle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jostle

jostle

Etymology

Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old French joster (“to joust”), from Latin iuxtā (“next to”), from iungō (“join, connect”), equivalent to joust +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒs.əl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑ.səl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒsəl

Verb

jostle (third-person singular simple present jostles, present participle jostling, simple past and past participle jostled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
  2. (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
  3. (transitive) To be close to or in physical contact with.
  4. (intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
    • 1917, Rudyard Kipling, “The Children,” poem accompanying the story “The Honours of War” in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan, pp. 129-130,[2]
      […] Our statecraft, our learning
      Delivered them bound to the Pit and alive to the burning
      Whither they mirthfully hastened as jostling for honour.
  5. (dated, slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.

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See also

  • justle
  • joust

Noun

jostle (plural jostles)

  1. The act of jostling someone or something; push, shove.
    • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: J. Cooke, 1765, p. 241,[3]
      I had full hold of her Watch, but giving a great Jostle, as if somebody had thrust me against her, and in the Juncture giving the Watch a fair pull, I found it would not come, so I let it go that Moment, and cried out as if I had been killed, that somebody had trod upon my Foot […]
  2. The action of a jostling crowd.
    • 1865, Harriet Beecher Stowe (under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield), The Chimney-Corner, Boston: Ticknor & Field, 1868, Chapter 12, p. 291,[4]
      For years to come, the average of lone women will be largely increased; and the demand, always great, for some means by which they many provide for themselves, in the rude jostle of the world, will become more urgent and imperative.

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