mule

Plural: mules

Noun

hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
A hybrid plant.
A stubborn person.
A person paid to smuggle drugs.
A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.

Verb

Verb Forms: muled, muling, mules

To strike a coin using dies from two different issues.
To smuggle (illegal drugs).

Examples

When playing Scrabble, sometimes you have to MULE your letters, forcing a word that doesn’t quite fit.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mule, from Anglo-Norman mule and Old English mūl, both from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós. Compare Late Latin muscellus (“young he-mule”), Old East Slavic мъшкъ (mŭškŭ, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) μυχλός (mukhlós, “he-ass”), and German Maul Maultier, Maulesel (through Latin).

Synonyms

scuff, Missouri canary, bulldog, donkey, drug mule, mule, mule shoe

Scrabble Score: 6

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

mule: valid Words With Friends Word