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Is sank a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sank is a Scrabble US word. The word sank is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1A1N1K5

Is sank a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sank is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1A1N1K5

Is sank a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sank is a Words With Friends word. The word sank is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1A1N2K5

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4-letter words (2 found)

KANS,SANK,

3-letter words (6 found)

ANS,ASK,KAS,NAS,SAN,SKA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,AS,KA,NA,

You can make 12 words from sank according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sank

sank asnk snak nsak ansk nask sakn askn skan ksan aksn kasn snka nska skna ksna nksa knsa anks naks akns kans nkas knas

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

Definitions and meaning of sank

sank

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sæŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

sank

  1. simple past of sink

See also

  • sank work

Anagrams

  • Kans., kans, naks

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Verb

sank

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinken

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon sang, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Related to singen (“to sing”).
Cognate with Old High German sanc (German Gesang (“singing”)), Old Norse sǫngr. Modern cognates include English song and Swedish sång.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saŋk/

Noun

sank m (genitive sanges)

  1. the act of singing
  2. a chant
  3. a song, especially one sung during work
  4. the sound of a bell, bell ringing

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sank

  1. simple past of synke
  2. imperative of sanke

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sank, related to sjunka (“to sink, intransitive, to go down”) and sänka (“to sink, transitive, to make something go down”).

Adjective

sank (comparative sankare, superlative sankast)

  1. marshy
Declension
Related terms
  • sankhet
  • sankmark
  • sankäng

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish "(i) sank," from Low German in sank.

Noun

sank

  1. the state (of a ship or the like) of no longer being able to float due to damage
  2. (figuratively) to be shot down, defeated, or the like
Usage notes

Uninflected.

See also
  • gå i kvav

References

  • sank in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • sank in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • sank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org