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Is barker a Scrabble word?

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

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Is barker a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

BARKER,

5-letter words (8 found)

BAKER,BARER,BARRE,BRAKE,BREAK,KEBAR,RAKER,REBAR,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABER,BAKE,BARE,BARK,BEAK,BEAR,BERK,BRAE,BRAK,BRER,KBAR,KERB,KRAB,RAKE,RARE,RARK,REAK,REAR,

3-letter words (17 found)

AKE,ARB,ARE,ARK,BAE,BAR,BRA,BRR,EAR,ERA,ERK,ERR,KAB,KAE,KEA,KEB,REB,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AE,AR,BA,BE,EA,ER,KA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from barker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barker

barker

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɚ

Etymology 1

From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) +‎ -er.

Noun

barker (plural barkers)

  1. Someone or something who barks.
    Synonym: (obsolete) latrant
  2. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
    Synonyms: tout, (Australia) spruiker
    Hyponym: doorsman
  3. A shelf-talker.
  4. (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
  5. (slang, dated) A pistol.
    Synonym: barking iron
  6. The spotted redshank.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English barker; equivalent to bark (“surface of tree”) +‎ -er.

Noun

barker (plural barkers)

  1. (historical) A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
    The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably.
  2. (obsolete) A tanner.
    The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname.
  3. A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
    Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.
Translations

Danish

Noun

barker

  1. indefinite plural of bark

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • berker, barkere, barkar

Etymology

From bark +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbarkər(ə)/

Noun

barker (plural barkers)

  1. tanner, barker

Descendants

  • English: barker

References

  • “barker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barker m

  1. indefinite plural of bark

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English barker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾkeɾ/, [ˈbaɾ.kɛɾ]
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ker

Noun

barker (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. barker that calls out passengers at a public transportation terminal

Further reading

  • “barker”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org