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Is malkin a Scrabble word?

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

M3A1L1K5I1N1

Is malkin a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3A1L1K5I1N1

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M4A1L2K5I1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

MALKIN,

5-letter words (3 found)

LAKIN,LIMAN,MALIK,

4-letter words (29 found)

AKIN,AMIN,ANIL,IKAN,ILKA,KAIL,KAIM,KAIN,KALI,KAMI,KILN,KINA,LAIK,LAIN,LANK,LIMA,LIMN,LINK,MAIK,MAIL,MAIN,MAKI,MALI,MANI,MILK,MINA,MINK,NAIK,NAIL,

3-letter words (20 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,AMI,ANI,ILK,INK,KAI,KAM,KIN,LAM,LIN,MAK,MAL,MAN,MIL,MNA,NAM,NIL,NIM,

2-letter words (12 found)

AI,AL,AM,AN,IN,KA,KI,LA,LI,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 65 words from malkin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of malkin

malkin

Alternative forms

  • maukin, maulkin

Etymology

From Malde, an early form of Maude or Matilda +‎ -kin (diminutive ending). Compare grimalkin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːlkɪn/

Noun

malkin (plural malkins)

  1. (now archaic, regional) A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern. [from 13th c.]
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman (Bodleian MS Laud Misc. 581), I:
      Ȝe ne haue na more meryte · in masse ne in houres / Þan Malkyn of hire maydenhode · þat no man desireth.
      You gain no more merit from mass or your prayers / Than Malkin from her maidenhood, which no man desires.
  2. (now regional) A mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven. [from 15th c.]
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 120:
      "She had no sooner said so, but they all vanished saving onely one Peter Grospetter, whom a little after she saw snatch'd up into the aire, and to let fall his Maulkin (a stick that they make clean Ovens withall) and her self was also driven so forcibly with the wind, that it made her almost Lose her breath."
  3. (obsolete, nautical) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon. [19th c.]
  4. (now archaic, regional) A scarecrow. [from 16th c.]
  5. (now rare) A cat. [from 17th c.]
  6. (Scotland, Northern England) A hare. [from 18th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

  • Kilman, Lamkin

Source: wiktionary.org