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Is filk a Scrabble word?

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

F4I1L1K5

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

F4I1L1K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

FILK,

3-letter words (3 found)

FIL,ILK,KIF,

2-letter words (3 found)

IF,KI,LI,

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

All 4 letters words made out of filk

filk iflk flik lfik ilfk lifk fikl ifkl fkil kfil ikfl kifl flki lfki fkli kfli lkfi klfi ilkf likf iklf kilf lkif klif

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

Definitions and meaning of filk

filk

Etymology

Originally "filk music" was a typo for "folk music" in a never-published essay on the influence of Science Fiction and Fantasy on folk music. Its first known deliberate use was by Karen Kruse Anderson in Die Zeitschrift für Vollständigen Unsinn (The Journal for Utter Nonsense) #774 (June 1953), for a song written by science-fiction author Poul Anderson.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪlk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlk

Adjective

filk (not comparable)

  1. (music) About or inspired by science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, and/or subjects of interest to fans of speculative fiction; frequently, being a song whose lyrics have been altered to refer to science fiction; parodying. (However, much filk music is original rather than parodic.)
    • 2006, Robert T. Balder, quoted in Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists,[2] Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing, →ISBN, page 97,
      I’m also involved in what is called filk music. This is music for and by fans of Fantasy and Science Fiction. […] Filk is nearly as big a part of my creative life as comics, and I have similarly made many friends among the creative people in that community.

Derived terms

  • filker
  • filksing

Noun

filk (countable and uncountable, plural filks)

  1. Filk music.
    • 2006, Robert T. Balder, quoted in Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists,[5] Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing, →ISBN, page 97,
      I’m also involved in what is called filk music. This is music for and by fans of Fantasy and Science Fiction. […] Filk is nearly as big a part of my creative life as comics, and I have similarly made many friends among the creative people in that community.
  2. Filk song.
    1. In general
    2. A filk song written as a parody of, or in the form of and with reference to, another song (which need not itself be a filk song). Compare verb transitive sense.
      • 2006, citation in the Filk Hall of Fame
        He has recently started to accompany himself on the piano, and created such wonderful songs as "The Soul" (filk of "The Ship") and "Internal Knight".

Verb

filk (third-person singular simple present filks, present participle filking, simple past and past participle filked)

  1. (intransitive) To perform filk music.
  2. (intransitive) To participate in a filk circle, including singing along.
  3. (transitive) To write a parody of (a song).
    • 1997 (?: "July A.S. XXXI") Medieval Melodies for Filking
      However, the practice of filking, of taking an existing melody and providing new, usually topical and/or satirical, lyrics, is in fact the direct counterpart of the Medieval practice of writing contrafacta.

See also

  • folk music
  • filk music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “filk”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 63–64.
  • Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “filk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
  • Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “filk v.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Source: wiktionary.org