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Is husband a Scrabble word?

Yes, husband 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 husband?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.UK

2. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.Examples: "God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof."; "[S]o I went and fetch’d a good Dram of Rum, and gave him; for I had been ſo good a Husband of my Rum, that I had a great deal left: When he had drank it, I made him take the two Fowling-Pieces, which we always carry’d, and load them with large Swan-Shot, as big as ſmall Piſtol Bullets; then I took four Muſkets, and loaded them with two Slugs, and five ſmall Bullets each; and my two Piſtols I loaded with a Brace of Bullets each; I hung my great Sword as uſual, naked by my Side, and gave Friday his Hatchet."archaic

3. (somewhat dated) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.dated

4. (UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.UKdialectal

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.Examples: "And for my meanes, I'll husband them so well, They shall go farre with little."transitive

2. (transitive) To conserve.Examples: "1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise."transitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.Examples: "Land so trim and rarely husbanded."obsoletetransitive

4. (transitive, archaic) To provide with a husband.Examples: "Thinke you, I am no ſtronger then my Sex Being ſo Father'd, and ſo Husbanded?"archaictransitive

5. (transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "husband"?

Scrabble
13 points
H4
U1
S1
B3
A1
N1
D2
Words With Friends
15 points
H3
U2
S1
B4
A1
N2
D2

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