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Is morepork a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word morepork is a Scrabble US word. The word morepork is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

M3O1R1E1P3O1R1K5

Is morepork a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word morepork is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

M3O1R1E1P3O1R1K5

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8-letter words (1 found)

MOREPORK,

6-letter words (7 found)

KORERO,MOPOKE,POORER,PORKER,PROKER,ROMPER,ROOMER,

5-letter words (13 found)

MOPER,MORRO,ORMER,POKER,PORER,PROEM,PROKE,PROMO,PRORE,REPRO,ROKER,ROMEO,ROPER,

4-letter words (35 found)

KEMP,KERO,KORE,KORO,MERK,MOER,MOKE,MOKO,MOOK,MOOP,MOOR,MOPE,MORE,OMER,PERK,PERM,POEM,POKE,POME,POMO,POOK,POOR,PORE,PORK,PREM,PROM,PROO,REPO,ROKE,ROMP,ROOK,ROOM,ROOP,ROPE,RORE,

3-letter words (29 found)

EMO,ERK,ERM,ERR,KEP,KOP,KOR,MOE,MOO,MOP,MOR,OKE,OOM,OOP,OOR,OPE,ORE,PER,POM,POO,PRE,PRO,REM,REO,REP,ROE,ROK,ROM,ROO,

2-letter words (14 found)

EM,ER,KO,ME,MO,OE,OK,OM,OO,OP,OR,PE,PO,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 100 words from morepork according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of morepork

morepork

Etymology

The word is imitative of the bird's call.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːpɔːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹˌpɔ(ə)ɹk/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmoːpoːk/
  • Hyphenation: more‧pork

Noun

morepork (plural moreporks)

  1. (chiefly New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: (Australia) mopoke, (New Zealand) ruru
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, derogatory) Used as a mild term of abuse.
    1. A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.
    2. A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idler

Alternative forms

  • morepoke

Hypernyms

  • (bird of the genus Ninox): boobook, boobook owl, hawk owl

Derived terms

  • mopoke

Translations

Interjection

morepork

  1. The call of a morepork.

Alternative forms

  • morepoke

References

Further reading

Wikispecies

  • morepork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org