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Is pork a Scrabble word?

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

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Is pork a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word pork is a Words With Friends word. The word pork is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

PORK,

3-letter words (4 found)

KOP,KOR,PRO,ROK,

2-letter words (5 found)

KO,OK,OP,OR,PO,

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

All 4 letters words made out of pork

pork oprk prok rpok orpk ropk pokr opkr pkor kpor okpr kopr prko rpko pkro kpro rkpo krpo orkp rokp okrp korp rkop krop

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

Definitions and meaning of pork

pork

Etymology

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”).

Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow.

Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century.

US politics sense is related to pork barrel. The verb is from the black American form of poke.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /poɹk/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹk/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poək/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k

Noun

pork (countable and uncountable, plural porks)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig.
    Synonyms: pigflesh, pigmeat, swineflesh, swinemeat, the other white meat
  2. (US politics, slang, derogatory) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
  3. (MLE, slang, collective) law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution
    Synonyms: bacon, pigs, swine; see also Thesaurus:police
    Meronym: porky (“one member of law enforcement, policeman”)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • porcine

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ポーク (pōku)

Translations

See also

  • bacon
  • ham
  • pig
  • porcupine
  • swine

Verb

pork (third-person singular simple present porks, present participle porking, simple past and past participle porked)

  1. (transitive, slang, vulgar, usually of a male) To have sex with (someone).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • porc, porke

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus. Compare farowen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔrk/, /pɔːrk/

Noun

pork (plural porkes)

  1. pork (pig meat)
  2. swine, pig

Descendants

  • English: pork
  • Scots: pork, porc, porck

References

  • “pork(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Source: wiktionary.org