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Is auk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word auk is a Scrabble US word. The word auk is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

A1U1K5

Is auk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word auk is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

A1U1K5

Is auk a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word auk is a Words With Friends word. The word auk is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (1 found)

AUK,

2-letter words (1 found)

KA,

You can make 2 words from auk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of auk

auk uak aku kau uka kua

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Definitions and meaning of auk

auk

Alternative forms

  • awk, alk

Etymology

From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk
  • Homophones: awk, orc (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

auk (plural auks)

  1. Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
    Synonym: alcid

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Kau

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aukko. Cognate to Finnish aukko, Livonian ouk and Votic aukko.

Noun

auk (genitive augu, partitive auku)

  1. hole, cavity
  2. pit
  3. gap, opening

Declension

Derived terms

  • must auk
  • auklik

Gothic

Romanization

auk

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse auk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [øyːk]
    Rhymes: -øyːk

Preposition

auk

  1. (governs the genitive) in addition to

Derived terms

  • að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
  • auk heldur
  • auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
  • auk þess

Inuktitut

Noun

auk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ (aok)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

auk

  1. imperative of auke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

auk

  1. imperative of auka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ok

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).

Conjunction

auk (runic script ᛅᚢᚴ)

  1. and
  2. also, too

Descendants

  • Icelandic: auk, og
  • Faroese: og
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: og, au, aug; (dialectal) ok, auk, ug
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: au
  • Jamtish: og
  • Elfdalian: og
  • Old Swedish: ok, oc, och, ogh
    • Swedish: och, ock
  • Old Danish: oc
    • Danish: og
      • Norwegian Bokmål: og
  • → Middle English: oc, ok
    • ⇒ Scots: okname, ockname

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈuk/, [a.ˈok]

Noun

auk

  1. bamboo

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ewk, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) and Sanskrit अहि (ahi).

Noun

auk ?

  1. snake, serpent

Yup'ik

Noun

auk

  1. blood

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