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Is schlep a Scrabble word?

Yes, schlep is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of schlep?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive, informal) To carry, drag, or lug.Examples: "I'm exhausted after schlepping those packages around all day."; "Queen Elizabeth will schlep along 95 pieces of baggage on her trip here."; "Yet what does the universe do to me? It schleps me to Sherwood Forest—and a Sherwood Forest like spotlessly sans Kevin Costner, no less—and then schleps me to your house, then schleps me to God—and I do mean God—knows where, […]"informaltransitive

2. (intransitive, informal) To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.Examples: "I schlepped down to the store for some milk."; "You are not doing a lot of heavy thinking when you are schlepping; you are performing useful but perhaps menial labor, usually in the service of someone else. Schlepping is not very glorious, but nonetheless one should not underestimate its importance. First of all, just because you are schlepping does not mean you are forbidden to think. In fact, just the opposite is true: Because the work content of schlepping includes little thinking, you can use this time to think and learn while you schlep. Many creative ideas occur during schlepping. For instance, how can I schlep this stuff with less effort?"; "'I've schlepped all over town trying to find you.' Her tone was almost scolding as she stepped forward and grabbed her daughter in an elaborate hug."informalintransitive

3. (intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.Examples: "I just schlepped around the house on Sunday."Synonyms: schlumpinformalintransitive

noun (English)

1. (informal) A long or burdensome journey.Examples: "Sure you can go across town to get that, but it'd be a schlep."; "The walk was a schlep, but it was a schlep Wallace and I did together. I was singing the song about the letters of the alphabet and about alligators and balloons from the Maurice Sendak book that Carole King put to music."informal

2. (informal) A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.Examples: "For every genuine, sincere, perceptive resident who is capable and willing to work and sacrifice, you've got 200-plus who are permanently classifiable as either hustlers, rip-off artists, freeloaders, ganefs, shleps, or out-and-out shmucks!"; "You dug Albert King. You notice his band is absolutely nothing. They were dead schleps, dead schleps playing behind him and Albert was the only one who really measured up to Albert's own sound. It was like they were old tired blues players and it was a drag. But Albert was exquisite."; "The shocking thing was that he was forty and still chasing girls, still a schlep who was obviously stuck in his adolescent pursuit of sex."informal

3. (informal) A sloppy or slovenly person.Examples: "My father had class? I was completely taken aback. I had never heard my father described that way. To me, he was not a European gentleman but a schlep, someone who preferred chinos to gabardine, comfort to style. My mother used to say that if she hadn't made him go shopping, he would still be wearing the same ugly suits he wore in the fifties."informal

4. (informal) A “pull” or influence.Examples: "He must have had a lot of schlep to get such good seats."informal

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "schlep"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "schlep"?

Scrabble
13 points
S1
C3
H4
L1
E1
P3
Words With Friends
15 points
S1
C4
H3
L2
E1
P4

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