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Is boak a Scrabble word?

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

B3O1A1K5

Is boak a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3O1A1K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

BOAK,

3-letter words (10 found)

ABO,BAO,BOA,BOK,KAB,KOA,KOB,OAK,OBA,OKA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,BA,BO,KA,KO,OB,OK,

You can make 18 words from boak according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of boak

boak obak baok abok oabk aobk boka obka bkoa kboa okba koba bako abko bkao kbao akbo kabo oakb aokb okab koab akob kaob

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

Definitions and meaning of boak

boak

Etymology

From Middle English bolken (“to belch, vomit”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken & bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəʊk/
  • Rhymes: -əʊk

Verb

boak (third-person singular simple present boaks, present participle boaking, simple past and past participle boaked)

  1. (obsolete) To burp.
  2. (Scotland) To retch or vomit.
    • 1997, Alan Warner, Movern Callar:
      I was going to boak: I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
    • 1999, Ian Rankin, Black and Blue:
      He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
    • 1999, Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum:
      I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked!’).
    • 2020, Douglas Stewart, Shuggie Bain:
      She had to keep stopping to spit gobbits of rising boak into sinks and old tea mugs.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:boak.

Related terms

  • bolk

Anagrams

  • boka, koba

Scots

Alternative forms

  • boke

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bok/, /bɔk/

Verb

boak (third-person singular simple present boaks, present participle boakin, simple past boakit, past participle boakit)

  1. (Lallans and Ulster) to vomit

Source: wiktionary.org