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Is creak a Scrabble word?

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

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Is creak a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3R1E1A1K5

Is creak a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word creak is a Words With Friends word. The word creak is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

ACKER,CRAKE,CREAK,

4-letter words (10 found)

ACER,ACRE,CAKE,CARE,CARK,RACE,RACK,RAKE,REAK,RECK,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACE,AKE,ARC,ARE,ARK,CAR,EAR,ERA,ERK,KAE,KEA,REC,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AR,EA,ER,KA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from creak according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of creak

creak rceak cerak ecrak recak ercak craek rcaek carek acrek racek arcek ceark ecark caerk acerk eacrk aecrk reack erack raeck areck earck aerck creka rceka cerka ecrka recka ercka crkea rckea ckrea kcrea rkcea krcea cekra eckra ckera kcera ekcra kecra rekca erkca rkeca kreca ekrca kerca crake rcake carke acrke racke arcke crkae rckae ckrae kcrae rkcae krcae cakre ackre ckare kcare akcre kacre rakce arkce rkace krace akrce karce ceakr ecakr caekr acekr eackr aeckr cekar eckar ckear kcear ekcar kecar caker acker ckaer kcaer akcer kacer eakcr aekcr ekacr keacr akecr kaecr reakc erakc raekc arekc earkc aerkc rekac erkac rkeac kreac ekrac kerac rakec arkec rkaec kraec akrec karec eakrc aekrc ekarc kearc akerc kaerc

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

Definitions and meaning of creak

creak

Alternative forms

  • crik (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin.

Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: krēk, IPA(key): /kɹiːk/
  • Homophone: creek
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

creak (plural creaks)

  1. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

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Verb

creak (third-person singular simple present creaks, present participle creaking, simple past and past participle creaked)

  1. (intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
    • 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter 10:
      Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
  2. (transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To suffer from strain or old age.

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Anagrams

  • Acker, Crake, Kacer, acker, crake

Source: wiktionary.org