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Is murk a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word murk is a Scrabble US word. The word murk is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

M3U1R1K5

Is murk a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word murk is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

M3U1R1K5

Is murk a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word murk is a Words With Friends word. The word murk is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4U2R1K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

MURK,

3-letter words (1 found)

RUM,

2-letter words (3 found)

MU,UM,UR,

You can make 5 words from murk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of murk

murk umrk mruk rmuk urmk rumk mukr umkr mkur kmur ukmr kumr mrku rmku mkru kmru rkmu krmu urkm rukm ukrm kurm rkum krum

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

Definitions and meaning of murk

murk

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /mɝk/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɜːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Etymology 1

From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”).

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) mirk, (dialectal) mark

Adjective

murk (comparative murker, superlative murkest)

  1. Dark, murky.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mirk.
Derived terms
  • murken

Etymology 2

From Middle English mirke, merke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“darkness, gloom”) and Old Norse myrkr (“darkness, gloom”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkwą, *mirkwiz (“darkness”), Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

Noun

murk (uncountable)

  1. Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
    Synonym: gloom
Derived terms
  • murky
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English mirken, probably from Old Norse myrkja, myrkva (“to make dark, darken”), from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijaną, *mirkwajaną (“to make dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

Verb

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

  1. To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
Translations

Etymology 4

Possibly an alteration of merc, from clipping of mercenary.

Alternative forms

  • merk

Verb

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, MLE) To murder or seriously injure.

Anagrams

  • Krum

Source: wiktionary.org