muscle

muscle is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
2. noun. The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.
3. noun. Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.
4. noun. See Mussel.
5. noun. possessing muscular strength

   Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew

6. noun. authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

   "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"

7. noun. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
8. noun. one of the contractile organs of the body

   Synonyms: musculus

9. noun. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

   "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"

   Synonyms: muscleman

10. verb. make one's way by force

    "He muscled his way into the office"

Synonyms

brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew, musculus, muscleman

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in muscle:

clumse

Common word forms

muscled, muscles, muscling, muscleless

Words from these letters

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