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Is lurk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lurk is a Scrabble US word. The word lurk is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1U1R1K5

Is lurk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lurk is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1U1R1K5

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Yes. The word lurk is a Words With Friends word. The word lurk is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

LURK,

3-letter words (1 found)

LUR,

2-letter words (1 found)

UR,

You can make 3 words from lurk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lurk

lurk ulrk lruk rluk urlk rulk lukr ulkr lkur klur uklr kulr lrku rlku lkru klru rklu krlu urkl rukl ukrl kurl rkul krul

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Definitions and meaning of lurk

lurk

Etymology

From Middle English lurken, perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian Nynorsk lurka (“to sneak away, go slowly”) and Swedish lurka (“to dawdle, be slow in one's work”); probably ultimately allied to Middle English luren, louren (“to frown, lower, lurk”), equivalent to lower +‎ -k (frequentative suffix). Compare also Saterland Frisian lüürkje (“to look secretly, spy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɜːk/
  • (General American) enPR: lûrk, IPA(key): /lɝk/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Verb

lurk (third-person singular simple present lurks, present participle lurking, simple past and past participle lurked)

  1. To remain concealed in order to ambush.
  2. To remain unobserved.
  3. To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
  4. (Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
  5. (UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.

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Noun

lurk (plural lurks)

  1. The act of lurking.
  2. (obsolete) A swindle.

Translations

References

  • (a swindle): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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Verb

lurk

  1. inflection of lurken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lurker (“prowler”). Cognate of Old Norse lurkr (“cudgel”). Arguably derived from Old Irish lorg (“rod”).

Noun

lurk c

  1. (colloquial) boor, lout

Declension

Derived terms

  • bondlurk
  • bonnlurk
  • skägglurk

Further reading

  • lurk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • lurk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Source: wiktionary.org