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Is schmuck a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word schmuck is a Scrabble US word. The word schmuck is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

S1C3H4M3U1C3K5

Is schmuck a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word schmuck is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

S1C3H4M3U1C3K5

Is schmuck a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word schmuck is a Words With Friends word. The word schmuck is worth 23 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1C4H3M4U2C4K5

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7-letter words (1 found)

SCHMUCK,

6-letter words (2 found)

CHUCKS,SHMUCK,

5-letter words (5 found)

CHUCK,CHUMS,HUCKS,MUCKS,SHUCK,

4-letter words (15 found)

CHUM,CUMS,CUSH,CUSK,HUCK,HUMS,HUSK,MUCH,MUCK,MUSH,MUSK,SCUM,SUCH,SUCK,SUKH,

3-letter words (6 found)

CUM,HUM,MUS,SUK,SUM,UMS,

2-letter words (7 found)

CH,HM,MU,SH,UH,UM,US,

You can make 36 words from schmuck according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of schmuck

schmuck

English

Alternative forms

  • schmock, shmock, shmok, shmuck, shmuk

Etymology

From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃmʌk/
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /ʃmʊk/
  • Rhymes: -ʌk

Noun

schmuck (plural schmucks)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A deplorable, pitiful person.
    poor schmuck

Derived terms

Related terms

  • schmeckle

Translations

Verb

schmuck (third-person singular simple present schmucks, present participle schmucking, simple past and past participle schmucked)

  1. (slang, intransitive, rare) To behave like a schmuck.
  2. (slang, transitive, rare) To mash or smoosh.

See also

  • schlemiel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German smuk (“supple, bendsome, pleasing, beautiful, petite, cute”) (compare Middle Low German smuk (“ornament, jewellery”)), from Old Saxon *smuk, *smukk, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“flexible, bendsome, easy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃmʊk/
  • Homophone: Schmuck
  • Rhymes: -ʊk

Adjective

schmuck (strong nominative masculine singular schmucker, comparative schmucker, superlative am schmucksten)

  1. (dated) pretty, spruce
    Synonym: hübsch

Declension

Related terms

  • Schmuck
  • schmücken

Further reading

  • “schmuck” in Duden online
  • “schmuck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Source: wiktionary.org