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Is shyster a Scrabble word?

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

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Is shyster a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1H4Y4S1T1E1R1

Is shyster a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shyster is a Words With Friends word. The word shyster is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3Y3S1T1E1R1

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7-letter words (2 found)

SHYSTER,THYRSES,

6-letter words (7 found)

SHYERS,SHYEST,STYRES,SYRTES,SYTHES,THYRSE,TRESSY,

5-letter words (15 found)

HESTS,RESTS,RESTY,SHETS,SHYER,STEYS,STYES,STYRE,SYTHE,TEHRS,TRESS,TREYS,TYERS,TYRES,YESTS,

4-letter words (33 found)

ERST,ESTS,ETHS,HERS,HERY,HEST,HETS,HEYS,HYES,HYTE,REHS,RESH,REST,RETS,RYES,SERS,SESH,SETS,SEYS,SHES,SHET,STEY,STYE,SYES,TEHR,THEY,TRES,TREY,TRYE,TYER,TYES,TYRE,YEST,

3-letter words (31 found)

EHS,ERS,ESS,EST,ETH,HER,HES,HET,HEY,HYE,REH,RES,RET,RHY,RYE,SER,SET,SEY,SHE,SHY,STY,SYE,TES,THE,THY,TRY,TYE,YEH,YER,YES,YET,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,ER,ES,ET,HE,RE,SH,ST,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from shyster according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shyster

shyster

Alternative forms

  • schister, scheister, sheister, schyster, shister, shaista, shiester, schiester

Etymology

US origin, 19th century. The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "of obscure origin," possibly deriving from a historical sense of shy meaning "disreputable", equivalent to shy +‎ -ster. Other sources suggest the word derives from the German Scheißer (“incompetent worthless person”), from scheißen (“to defecate”), probably influenced by -ster. Not related to shylock.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪs.tə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪs.tɚ/

Noun

shyster (plural shysters)

  1. Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
    Synonym: pettifogger

Derived terms

  • sheisty
  • shysterism

Translations

Verb

shyster (third-person singular simple present shysters, present participle shystering, simple past and past participle shystered)

  1. (intransitive) To act in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
  2. (transitive) To exploit (someone or something) in this way.

References

  • “shyster”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “shyster n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • Eric Partridge (2005) “shyster”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1746.
  • Michael Quinion (1996–2024) “Shyster”, in World Wide Words.

Anagrams

  • thyrses

Source: wiktionary.org