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Is sock a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

SOCK,

3-letter words (3 found)

COS,KOS,SOC,

2-letter words (4 found)

KO,OK,OS,SO,

You can make 8 words from sock according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sock

sock osck scok csok ocsk cosk sokc oskc skoc ksoc oksc kosc scko csko skco ksco ckso kcso ocks coks okcs kocs ckos kcos

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

Definitions and meaning of sock

sock

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɒk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”).

Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco.

Noun

sock (plural socks or (informal, nonstandard) sox)

  1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
  2. (historical, uncommon) Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
  3. A cat's or dog's lower leg that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
    Synonym: mitten
  4. (Internet slang) A sock puppet.
  5. (aviation, informal) Ellipsis of windsock.
  6. (firearms, informal) Ellipsis of gun sock.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → French: socquette
    • → Portuguese: soquete
  • Japanese: ソックス (sokkusu) < socks
  • Swahili: soksi < socks (plural)
Translations

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch").

Alternative forms

  • (W. Eng. dial.): zock

Interjection

sock

  1. The sound of a punch or powerful blow.

Verb

sock (third-person singular simple present socks, present participle socking, simple past and past participle socked)

  1. (slang, transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
  2. (slang, transitive) To throw.
Derived terms
  • socked on the nose

Noun

sock (plural socks)

  1. (slang) A violent blow; a punch.

Adjective

sock (not comparable)

  1. (slang, dated) Extremely successful.
    • 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer
      Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.
Synonyms
  • socko
Derived terms
  • sock in
  • sockdolager
Translations

Etymology 3

From French soc

Noun

sock (plural socks)

  1. A ploughshare.
    • D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
      In Wexford, the beam is shorter than in any of the other counties, and the sock in general is of cast iron.

Etymology 4

From socket.

Noun

sock (plural socks)

  1. (computing, networking) Abbreviation of socket.

Swedish

Etymology

See socka

Noun

sock c

  1. sock

Declension

See also

  • socka
  • strumpa

References

  • sock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org