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Is chark a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chark is a Scrabble US word. The word chark is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is chark a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chark is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3H4A1R1K5

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5-letter words (1 found)

CHARK,

4-letter words (7 found)

ARCH,CARK,CHAR,HACK,HARK,RACH,RACK,

3-letter words (6 found)

ACH,ARC,ARK,CAR,CHA,RAH,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AR,CH,HA,KA,

You can make 19 words from chark according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chark

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Definitions and meaning of chark

chark

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Etymology 1

A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal).

Noun

chark (countable and uncountable, plural charks)

  1. Charcoal; coke.
  2. A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.
  3. (US, Alaska) A wine glass.
  4. A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.

Verb

chark (third-person singular simple present charks, present participle charking, simple past and past participle charked)

  1. To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.
    • 1749, John Lowthorp, Royal Society of Great Britain, The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the end of the year MDCC, 5th Edition,
      I have ſeen Turf chark'd, and then it ſerves to work Iron, and, as I have been inform'd will ſerve to make it in a Bloomery or Iron-work. Turf chark'd I reckon the ſweeteſt and wholeſomeſt Fire that can be, fitter for a Chamber and conſumptive People, than either Wood, Stone-Coal or Charcoal.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Scots chork, from Middle English charken, cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, variant of cracian (to resound, make an abrasive sound, crack), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (to crack, crackle; to shriek). Doublet of chirk, crack, and crake.

Verb

chark (third-person singular simple present charks, present participle charking, simple past and past participle charked)

  1. (Scotland) To make a grating sound.

Anagrams

  • Karch

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɧark/

Noun

chark c (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of charkuteri (charcuterie).

Usage notes

Common in compounds such as charkdisk (charcuterie desk (at a grocery store)) and charkavdelning (charcuterie section (of a grocery store)).

Declension

Derived terms

  • charkvara

Source: wiktionary.org