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What does birk mean? Is birk a Scrabble word?

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Is birk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word birk is a Scrabble US word. The word birk is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

B3I1R1K5

Is birk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word birk is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3I1R1K5

Is birk a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word birk is a Words With Friends word. The word birk is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

BIRK,BRIK,

3-letter words (3 found)

IRK,KIR,RIB,

2-letter words (2 found)

BI,KI,

You can make 7 words from birk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of birk

birk ibrk brik rbik irbk ribk bikr ibkr bkir kbir ikbr kibr brki rbki bkri kbri rkbi krbi irkb rikb ikrb kirb rkib krib

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word birk. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in birk.

Definitions and meaning of birk

birk

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)k/
  • Homophone: berk
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Etymology 1

From Middle English birk, birke, byrke, a northern variant of Middle English birche (“birch”). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk.

Noun

birk (plural birks)

  1. (Northern England) A birch tree.
  2. A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).

Etymology 2

Noun

birk (plural birks)

  1. (British, slang) Alternative spelling of berk

References

  • “birk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk.

Noun

birk c (singular definite birken, plural indefinite birke)

  1. (botany) birch

References

  • “birk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Noun

birk

  1. Alternative form of birche

Scots

Alternative forms

  • byrk, birke, byrke

Etymology

From Old English birce or bierċe. Cognate with Middle English birch and Northern Middle English birk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrk/, /ˈbʌrk/
  • (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbɪrk/

Noun

birk (plural birks)

  1. A birch tree.

Derived terms

  • birken
    • birkenshaw

Source: wiktionary.org