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Is keek a Scrabble word?

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

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Is keek a Scrabble UK word?

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

K5E1E1K5

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Yes. The word keek is a Words With Friends word. The word keek is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

KEEK,

3-letter words (2 found)

EEK,EKE,

2-letter words (1 found)

EE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from keek according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of keek

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

Definitions and meaning of keek

keek

Etymology

From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), probably from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken or Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”).

Cognate with Dutch kijken (“to look”), German Low German kieken (“to look”), Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), German kucken, gucken (“to look”), Danish kigge, kikke (“to look, peep”), Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), Icelandic kíkja (“to look, check”). Perhaps related to kick.

The words peek, keek and peep were used more or less synonymously in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kiːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Verb

keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keeking, simple past and past participle keeked)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To peek; peep.

Noun

keek (plural keeks)

  1. (Scotland) A look, especially a quick one; a peek.

See also

  • look
  • peek
  • peep

References

  • “keek”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keek”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Basque

Noun

keek

  1. ergative plural of ke

Cornish

Adjective

keek

  1. hedged

References

  • http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːk
  • IPA(key): /keːk/

Verb

keek

  1. singular past indicative of kijken

Anagrams

  • keke

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle Scots keik (“to peep”), from Middle English kiken, from Middle Low German kiken, from Old Saxon kīkan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan. Cognate with English keek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkik]

Verb

keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keekin, simple past keeked, past participle keeked)

  1. To have a quick look or peek.
  2. To tilt or lean back.
Related terms
  • keeker: a black eye

Noun

keek (plural keeks)

  1. A quick look or peek.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly from the verb, due to the difficulty to see sideways from the cap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkik]

Noun

keek (plural keeks)

  1. A cap made of linen worn around the head and neck.

References


Source: wiktionary.org