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shylock

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Is shylock a Scrabble word?

Yes, shylock is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 19 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 shylock?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.Examples: "Eventually, their gambling debts grow so big that they are cut off from making any more bets, eliminating the chance that they can make enough money to satisfy their shylocks."; "If a guy got into hock with several shylocks from different crews and was unable to keep up with his weekly payments, a sit-down would have to be called with all of the shylocks involved and their respective capos."; "After Caspian's father killed his credit lines at all the big casinos, he ran up a six-figure tab with a couple of shylocks in Miami, then couldn't make the vig."USfigurativelyoffensive

2. (offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.Synonyms: heeb, Hymie, kike, sheeny, Yidethnicoffensiveslur

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, US, now offensive) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.Examples: "I wanted to know whether shylocking is a legal business or not, and if it is legal, under which Act does it operate?"; "When you've accumulated a good stash of money, you may want to go into the nightclub business, or shylocking. Shylocking is free. There is no ten percent vig on loan sharking."; "Lori said it sounded outright felonious, but Dad said all he was doing was outsmarting the fat-cat bank owners who shylocked the common man by charging usurious interest rates."USintransitiveoffensive

name (English)

1. (fiction) A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "shylock"?

Scrabble
19 points
S1
H4
Y4
L1
O1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
19 points
S1
H3
Y4
L2
O1
C4
K5

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