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Is sleuth a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sleuth is a Scrabble US word. The word sleuth is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1L1E1U1T1H4

Is sleuth a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sleuth is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1L1E1U1T1H4

Is sleuth a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sleuth is a Words With Friends word. The word sleuth is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1L2E1U2T1H3

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6-letter words (2 found)

HUSTLE,SLEUTH,

5-letter words (5 found)

HULES,LUTES,SHULE,SHUTE,TULES,

4-letter words (25 found)

ELTS,ETHS,HEST,HETS,HUES,HULE,HUTS,LEST,LETS,LUES,LUSH,LUST,LUTE,SHET,SHUL,SHUT,SLUE,SLUT,SUET,TELS,THUS,TULE,TUSH,ULES,UTES,

3-letter words (23 found)

EHS,ELS,ELT,EST,ETH,HES,HET,HUE,HUT,LES,LET,LEU,SEL,SET,SHE,SUE,TEL,TES,THE,ULE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,ES,ET,HE,SH,ST,TE,UH,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from sleuth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sleuth

sleuth

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sluːθ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sluːθ/
  • Rhymes: -uːθ

Etymology 1

Clipping of sleuthhound.

Noun

sleuth (plural sleuths)

  1. A detective.
    Synonyms: detective, gumshoe, investigator, dick, private eye
    • 1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville
      Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?
  2. (archaic) A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.
  3. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
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Verb

sleuth (third-person singular simple present sleuths, present participle sleuthing, simple past and past participle sleuthed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
Synonyms
  • shadow
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Etymology 2

From Old English slǣwþ, corresponding to slow + -th.

Noun

sleuth (plural sleuths)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.
    Synonyms: idleness, inertia, laziness, lethargy, sloth, slothfulness
  2. (rare, collective) A group of bears.
    Synonym: sloth

See also

  • sloth
  • Appendix:Animals

References

Anagrams

  • Hulets, Lesuth, Lueths, hustle

Source: wiktionary.org