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Is schlep a Scrabble word?

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

S1C3H4L1E1P3

Is schlep a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1C3H4L1E1P3

Is schlep a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word schlep is a Words With Friends word. The word schlep is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1C4H3L2E1P4

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6-letter words (2 found)

CHELPS,SCHLEP,

5-letter words (5 found)

CHELP,HELPS,PECHS,PLESH,SHLEP,

4-letter words (13 found)

CELS,CEPS,HELP,HEPS,HESP,LECH,LEPS,PECH,PECS,PEHS,PELS,SECH,SPEC,

3-letter words (17 found)

CEL,CEP,CHE,ECH,EHS,ELS,HEP,HES,LEP,LES,PEC,PEH,PEL,PES,SEC,SEL,SHE,

2-letter words (7 found)

CH,EH,EL,ES,HE,PE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from schlep according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of schlep

schlep

Etymology

From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan.

Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlɛp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

schlep (third-person singular simple present schleps, present participle schlepping, simple past and past participle schlepped)

  1. (transitive, informal) To carry, drag, or lug.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.
  3. (intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.
    Synonym: schlump

Usage notes

The word is often used in the context of something dull or unpleasant to do.

Alternative forms

  • schlepp
  • shlep
  • shlepp

Translations

Noun

schlep (plural schleps)

  1. (informal) A long or burdensome journey.
  2. (informal) A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.
  3. (informal) A sloppy or slovenly person.
  4. (informal) A “pull” or influence.

Derived terms

  • schlepper
  • schleppy

References

Anagrams

  • chelps, spelch

Source: wiktionary.org