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Is gowk a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gowk a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is gowk a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

GOWK,

3-letter words (3 found)

KOW,WOG,WOK,

2-letter words (5 found)

GO,KO,OK,OW,WO,

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

All 4 letters words made out of gowk

gowk ogwk gwok wgok owgk wogk gokw ogkw gkow kgow okgw kogw gwko wgko gkwo kgwo wkgo kwgo owkg wokg okwg kowg wkog kwog

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Definitions and meaning of gowk

gowk

Etymology 1

From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʊk/
  • Rhymes: -aʊk

Noun

gowk (plural gowks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo.
  2. A fool.
Derived terms

Verb

gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)

  1. To make foolish; to stupefy.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Likely from Middle English coke, colk (“the core or heart of an apple or onion, pith”), from Old English *colc (“the gullet, esophagus; pit of the stomach; trench, pit, gully”), from Proto-West Germanic *kolk, from Proto-Germanic *kulkaz, *kulukaz (“gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to devour, swallow, gulp; throat, gullet”). Possibly a doublet of coke.

Alternative forms

  • goke, goak, gauk, gouk, geak, cowk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʊk/, [ˈɡæʊ̯ˀk]

Noun

gowk (plural gowks)

  1. (Geordie) An apple core.
  2. (Geordie, obsolete) The central part of any thing; pith; core. [until early 20th c.]
  3. (dialectal) The hard centre of a boil or sore.
  4. (dialectal) The yolk of an egg.
  5. (dialectal) The inner part of a haystack.

Etymology 3

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk gulka (“to burp, belch”). Compare also Scots cowk (“to strain, retch”), Dutch kolken (“to belch”), German kolken (“to gulp”), dialectal German kölken, kolksen (“to vomit”), Danish kulke (“to gulp”).

Verb

gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)

  1. (dialectal) To strain; vomit.

Source: wiktionary.org