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Is tusker a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tusker is a Scrabble US word. The word tusker is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

T1U1S1K5E1R1

Is tusker a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tusker is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

T1U1S1K5E1R1

Is tusker a Words With Friends word?

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

T1U2S1K5E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

TUSKER,

5-letter words (4 found)

STURE,TREKS,TRUES,TURKS,

4-letter words (29 found)

ERKS,ERST,EUKS,KEST,KETS,KUES,REST,RETS,RUES,RUSE,RUSK,RUST,RUTS,SEKT,SERK,SKER,SKET,SUER,SUET,SURE,TREK,TRES,TRUE,TURK,TUSK,UKES,URES,USER,UTES,

3-letter words (22 found)

ERK,ERS,EST,EUK,KET,KUE,RES,RET,RUE,RUT,SER,SET,SUE,SUK,SUR,TES,TSK,UKE,URE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (9 found)

ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from tusker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tusker

tusker

Etymology 1

From tusk +‎ -er.

Noun

tusker (plural tuskers)

  1. An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse torfskeri, from torf (“turf”) + skera (“to cut”), whence also Scottish Gaelic tairsgear, toirsgear and later forms like toirsgein (assimilated to sgian (“knife”)). Known in print from the early 19th century, but doubtless much older.

Alternative forms

  • tuskar, toysker, tushkar, tushker, twiscar

Noun

tusker (plural tuskers)

  1. (UK, especially Scotland, Orkney, Shetland) A tool used in peat cutting, a type of spade similar to a cascrom.

References

  • James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Tuskar”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 512, column 3.
  • Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary‎[2], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 276

Anagrams

  • Kuster, Turkes

Source: wiktionary.org