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

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

LUSK,SULK,

3-letter words (1 found)

SUK,

2-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 4 words from lusk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lusk

lusk ulsk lsuk sluk uslk sulk luks ulks lkus klus ukls kuls lsku slku lksu klsu sklu kslu uskl sukl uksl kusl skul ksul

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Definitions and meaning of lusk

lusk

Etymology

From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (weak, idle), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (sluggish, dull, lazy), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (to let, subside). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (flabby, loose), Middle Low German lasch, las (tired, dull). Doublet of lush.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʌsk/
  • Rhymes: -ʌsk

Adjective

lusk (comparative more lusk, superlative most lusk)

  1. lazy or slothful
  2. (UK, dialectal) full; ripe

Noun

lusk (plural lusks)

  1. a lazy or slothful person

Verb

lusk (third-person singular simple present lusks, present participle lusking, simple past and past participle lusked)

  1. (obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.

Anagrams

  • sulk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lusk, from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlusk]
  • Hyphenation: lusk

Noun

lusk m inan

  1. pod (of a leguminous plant)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • lusk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lusk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

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Noun

lusk

  1. sneaky acts; covert operations

Declension

Indeclinable.

Related terms

  • luske
  • luskebuks
  • lusket

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • losse (Early Middle English, Northern)

Etymology

From Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lusk/

Noun

lusk

  1. (hapax) lynx

Derived terms

  • luskwerk

Descendants

  • English: los, loz

References

  • “lusk-werk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

Noun

lȗsk m inan

  1. (botany) silique

Derived terms

  • lušček

Further reading

  • lusk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Source: wiktionary.org