You can make 60 words from muscle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of muscle
muscle
Etymology
From Middle Englishmuscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle Frenchmuscle, from Latinmūsculus(“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs(“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.
Pronunciation
enPR: mŭʹsəl, IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.səl/, /ˈmʌ.sl̩/
Rhymes: -ʌsəl
Homophone: mussel
Noun
muscle (countable and uncountable, pluralmuscles)
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
Synonym:thew
(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
(uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
(uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
(uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
Alternative forms
muscule(obsolete)
Hyponyms
Types of muscles: See Category:en:Muscles
Derived terms
Translations
See also
myology
myotomy
Verb
muscle (third-person singular simple presentmuscles, present participlemuscling, simple past and past participlemuscled)
To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
He muscled his way through the crowd.
Derived terms
outmuscle
Translations
Related terms
mouse
References
“muscle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
clumse
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latinmusculus, doublet of múscul(“muscle”) and musclo(“mussel”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈmus.klə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈmus.kle]
Noun
musclem (pluralmuscles)
shoulder
Synonym:espatlla
Further reading
“muscle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“muscle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“muscle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“muscle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Frenchmuscle, a borrowing from Latinmūsculus(“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”). See also the inherited doublet moule(“mussel, clam”).