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Is awake a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word awake is a Scrabble US word. The word awake is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is awake a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word awake is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

AWAKE,

4-letter words (5 found)

KAWA,WAKA,WAKE,WEAK,WEKA,

3-letter words (10 found)

AKA,AKE,AWA,AWE,AWK,EWK,KAE,KAW,KEA,WAE,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AE,AW,EA,EW,KA,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from awake according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of awake

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Definitions and meaning of awake

awake

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈweɪk/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /əˈweːk/
    • (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [əˈweːk], [əˈwɛːk]
  • Rhymes: -eɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (awakened, awake), past participle of Middle English awaken (to awaken). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (awake), German Low German waak (awake), German wach (awake).

Adjective

awake (not comparable) (predicative only)

  1. Not asleep; conscious.
    Synonyms: conscious, lucid, wide awake; see also Thesaurus:awake
    Antonyms: asleep, unconscious; see also Thesaurus:asleep
  2. (figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.
    Synonyms: wary, woke; see also Thesaurus:vigilant
    Antonyms: heedless, oblivious
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English awaken and awakien, from Old English āwacan and āwacian, equivalent to a- +‎ wake.

Verb

awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past awoke or (rare) awaked, past participle awoken or (rare) awaked or (rare) awoke or (rare) awaken)

  1. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
    Synonyms: awaken, wake up; see also Thesaurus:wake
    Antonyms: fall asleep; see also Thesaurus:fall asleep
  2. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
    Synonyms: bring round, cry, wake up; see also Thesaurus:awaken
    Antonym: put to sleep
  3. (transitive) To make aware of something.
  4. (transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
  5. (transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
  6. (intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
    • 1867-1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England
      The national spirit again awoke.
Usage notes

For many speakers, this verb is commonly conflated with awaken (and, in such cases, lends some conjugational elements to it). See the usage notes at awaken for more details.

Derived terms
  • awaker
Translations
See also
  • awake to
  • awaken
  • wake
  • wake up
  • woke

References

  • “awake”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  • “awake”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • "awake" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
  • “awake”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “awake”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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