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Is folks a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word folks is a Scrabble US word. The word folks is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is folks a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word folks is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

FOLKS,

4-letter words (2 found)

FOLK,SKOL,

3-letter words (3 found)

KOS,LOS,SOL,

2-letter words (6 found)

KO,LO,OF,OK,OS,SO,

You can make 12 words from folks according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of folks

folks oflks floks lfoks olfks lofks fokls ofkls fkols kfols okfls kofls flkos lfkos fklos kflos lkfos klfos olkfs lokfs oklfs kolfs lkofs klofs folsk oflsk flosk lfosk olfsk lofsk foslk ofslk fsolk sfolk osflk soflk flsok lfsok fslok sflok lsfok slfok olsfk losfk oslfk solfk lsofk slofk foksl ofksl fkosl kfosl okfsl kofsl foskl ofskl fsokl sfokl osfkl sofkl fksol kfsol fskol sfkol ksfol skfol oksfl kosfl oskfl sokfl ksofl skofl flkso lfkso fklso kflso lkfso klfso flsko lfsko fslko sflko lsfko slfko fkslo kfslo fsklo sfklo ksflo skflo lksfo klsfo lskfo slkfo kslfo sklfo olksf loksf oklsf kolsf lkosf klosf olskf loskf oslkf solkf lsokf slokf okslf koslf osklf soklf ksolf skolf lksof klsof lskof slkof kslof sklof

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Definitions and meaning of folks

folks

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /foʊks/, (nonstandard) /foʊlks/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊks/
  • Rhymes: -əʊks

Etymology 1

Noun

folks pl (plural only)

  1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
  2. (US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
    • 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06:
      Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
      Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
      Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.
  3. (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.

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Translations

Noun

folks

  1. plural of folk

Derived terms

Related terms

  • folk

Etymology 2

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

Noun

folks pl (plural only)

  1. (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.

Danish

Noun

folks n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of folk
  2. indefinite genitive plural of folk

Noun

folks c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of folk

Old Norse

Noun

folks

  1. genitive singular of folk

Scots

Noun

folks

  1. plural of folk

Swedish

Noun

folks

  1. indefinite genitive plural of folk
  2. indefinite genitive singular of folk

Source: wiktionary.org