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Is mawk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mawk is a Scrabble US word. The word mawk is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

M3A1W4K5

Is mawk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mawk is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

M3A1W4K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

MAWK,

3-letter words (5 found)

AWK,KAM,KAW,MAK,MAW,

2-letter words (4 found)

AM,AW,KA,MA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of mawk

mawk amwk mwak wmak awmk wamk makw amkw mkaw kmaw akmw kamw mwka wmka mkwa kmwa wkma kwma awkm wakm akwm kawm wkam kwam

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

Definitions and meaning of mawk

mawk

Etymology

From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

mawk (plural mawks)

  1. (obsolete except in dialects) A maggot.
  2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern.

Derived terms

  • mawkish
  • mawky
  • molly-mawk

Further reading

  • [Francis Grose] (1788) “Mawkes”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.

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