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Is crank a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word crank is a Scrabble US word. The word crank is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is crank a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word crank is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3R1A1N1K5

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Yes. The word crank is a Words With Friends word. The word crank is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

CRANK,

4-letter words (9 found)

CARK,CARN,CRAN,KARN,KNAR,NARC,NARK,RACK,RANK,

3-letter words (5 found)

ARC,ARK,CAN,CAR,RAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AR,KA,NA,

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

All 5 letters words made out of crank

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

Definitions and meaning of crank

crank

Etymology

From Middle English cronk, cranke, from Old English cranc, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”).

Cognate with German krank (“sick”), Dutch krank (“sick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹæŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Adjective

crank (comparative cranker, superlative crankest)

  1. (slang) Strange, weird, odd.
  2. Sick; unwell.
    Synonym: infirm
  3. (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
  4. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

Translations

Noun

crank (plural cranks)

  1. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
    1. Clipping of crankshaft.
  2. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
  3. (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, The Cantos of Mutabilitie Canto 7
      So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks.
  4. (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
  5. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
  6. a fit of temper or passion.
  7. (informal, British, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
    Synonyms: kook, odd duck, weirdo, (US) crackpot; see also Thesaurus:strange person
  8. (archaic, baseball, slang, 1800s) A baseball fan.
  9. (informal) An amateur in science or other technical subjects who persistently advocates flawed theories
  10. (US, slang) Synonym of methamphetamine.
  11. (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
  12. (obsolete) A sick person; an invalid.
  13. (slang) The penis.
    Synonyms: cock, dick; see also Thesaurus:penis

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Verb

crank (third-person singular simple present cranks, present participle cranking, simple past and past participle cranked or (dialectal) crunk)

  1. (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
  2. (intransitive) To turn a crank.
  3. (intransitive, of a crank or similar) To turn.
  4. (transitive) To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
  5. (intransitive) To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
  7. (intransitive) To be running at a high level of output or effort.
  8. (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

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Further reading

  • crank (mechanism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Ranck, ranck

Source: wiktionary.org