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Is hawk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hawk is a Scrabble US word. The word hawk is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

H4A1W4K5

Is hawk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hawk is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

H4A1W4K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

HAWK,

3-letter words (4 found)

AWK,HAW,KAW,WHA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AH,AW,HA,KA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of hawk

hawk ahwk hwak whak awhk wahk hakw ahkw hkaw khaw akhw kahw hwka whka hkwa khwa wkha kwha awkh wakh akwh kawh wkah kwah

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

Definitions and meaning of hawk

hawk

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: hôk, IPA(key): /hɔːk/
  • (US) enPR: hôk, IPA(key): /hɔk/
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: häk, IPA(key): /hɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk
  • Homophone: hock (accents with cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc (“hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from a Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *keh₂p- (“seize”).

See also West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)).

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

  1. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
  2. Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
  3. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
  4. (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions. [from 1962]
    Synonyms: warmonger, war hawk
    Antonym: dove
  5. (game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
    Antonym: dove
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Derived terms
Related terms
Related terms
  • creshawk
  • goshawk
  • sparhawk
Descendants
  • Sranan Tongo: aka
Translations

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

  1. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
  2. (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
Derived terms
  • hawk after
  • hawk at
  • hawk for
  • hawker
  • hawking
Translations

Etymology 2

Uncertain; perhaps from Middle English hache (“battle-axe”), or from a variant use of the above.

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

  1. A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
    Synonym: mortarboard
Derived terms
  • hawk boy, hawk-boy
Translations

Etymology 3

Back-formation from hawker.

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

  1. (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
    The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
Derived terms
  • hawked
  • hawkery
  • hawking
  • hawky
Related terms
  • hawker
Translations

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

hawk (plural hawks)

  1. A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
Synonyms
  • hawking (noun)
Translations

Verb

hawk (third-person singular simple present hawks, present participle hawking, simple past and past participle hawked)

  2. (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
Derived terms
  • hawking (noun)
Translations

See also

  • Hawkshaw, hawkshaw
  • Hawkubite
  • winkle-hawk

Further reading

  • hawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Manx

Noun

hawk

  1. Lenited form of shawk.

Source: wiktionary.org