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Is hanker a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hanker is a Scrabble US word. The word hanker is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

H4A1N1K5E1R1

Is hanker a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hanker is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

H4A1N1K5E1R1

Is hanker a Words With Friends word?

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

H3A1N2K5E1R1

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6-letter words (2 found)

HANKER,HARKEN,

5-letter words (5 found)

ANKER,KANEH,NAKER,NERKA,RANKE,

4-letter words (25 found)

ANKH,EARN,HAEN,HAKE,HANK,HARE,HARK,HARN,HEAR,HERN,KANE,KARN,KERN,KHAN,KNAR,NARE,NARK,NEAR,NERK,RAKE,RANK,REAK,REAN,RENK,RHEA,

3-letter words (23 found)

AKE,ANE,ARE,ARK,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERK,ERN,HAE,HAN,HEN,HER,KAE,KEA,KEN,NAE,NAH,NEK,RAH,RAN,REH,REN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AN,AR,EA,EH,EN,ER,HA,HE,KA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 70 words from hanker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hanker

hanker

Etymology

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)

Verb

hanker (third-person singular simple present hankers, present participle hankering, simple past and past participle hankered)

  1. To crave, want or desire.

Usage notes

  • Usually used with for, as in the example above; after may also be used.

Derived terms

  • hankering (noun)

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hanker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “hanker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • harken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hanker m or f

  1. indefinite plural of hank

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • hankar

Noun

hanker m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of hank

Source: wiktionary.org