Gawk in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is gawk a Scrabble word?

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

G2A1W4K5

Is gawk a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2A1W4K5

Is gawk a Words With Friends word?

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

G3A1W4K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

GAWK,

3-letter words (5 found)

AWK,GAK,GAW,KAW,WAG,

2-letter words (3 found)

AG,AW,KA,

You can make 9 words from gawk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gawk

gawk agwk gwak wgak awgk wagk gakw agkw gkaw kgaw akgw kagw gwka wgka gkwa kgwa wkga kwga awkg wakg akwg kawg wkag kwag

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

Definitions and meaning of gawk

gawk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔːk/
  • (Canada, cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /ɡɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Etymology 1

From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (cuckoo), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (cuckoo). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac.

Compare also French gauche, and English gawky and gallock.

Noun

gawk (plural gawks)

  1. A cuckoo.
  2. A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
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Etymology 2

Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (to stare; gawk) +‎ -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse (to heed).

Verb

gawk (third-person singular simple present gawks, present participle gawking, simple past and past participle gawked)

  1. To stare or gape stupidly.
  2. To stare conspicuously.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) To suck.
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Source: wiktionary.org