Definition of HAMSTER

hamster

Plural: hamsters

Noun

  • A small, short-tailed, burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.
  • short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
  • Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
  • Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).

Verb

  • To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

Examples

  • Playing HAMSTER felt like a cute but impactful move, tunneling into a double-letter score.
  • The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.

Synonyms

Syrian hamster, stash

Scrabble Score: 12

hamster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hamster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hamster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hamster: valid Words With Friends Word