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Is knock a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word knock is a Scrabble US word. The word knock is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is knock a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word knock is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word knock is a Words With Friends word. The word knock is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

KNOCK,

4-letter words (3 found)

CONK,KONK,NOCK,

3-letter words (2 found)

CON,KON,

2-letter words (4 found)

KO,NO,OK,ON,

You can make 10 words from knock according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of knock

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Definitions and meaning of knock

knock

Etymology

From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /nɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

knock (countable and uncountable, plural knocks)

  1. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
  2. A sharp impact.
  3. (figuratively) A criticism.
  4. (figuratively) A blow or setback.
  5. (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
  6. (cricket) A batsman's innings.
  7. (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock

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Verb

knock (third-person singular simple present knocks, present participle knocking, simple past and past participle knocked)

  1. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
  2. (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  3. (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
  4. (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
  5. (transitive, British, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
  6. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
  7. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
    Synonyms: knock off; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  8. (transitive, slang) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
  9. (intransitive, card games, rummy) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.

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Further reading

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “knock v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • [Francis Grose] (1785) “Knock”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.: “to knock a woman, to have carnal knowledge of her”

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Noun

knock

  1. Alternative form of knaugh

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 136

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