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Is swank a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swank is a Scrabble US word. The word swank is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1W4A1N1K5

Is swank a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swank is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1W4A1N1K5

Is swank a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word swank is a Words With Friends word. The word swank is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1W4A1N2K5

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5-letter words (2 found)

SWANK,WANKS,

4-letter words (11 found)

AWKS,AWNS,KANS,KAWS,SANK,SAWN,SKAW,SNAW,SWAN,WANK,WANS,

3-letter words (13 found)

ANS,ASK,AWK,AWN,KAS,KAW,NAS,NAW,SAN,SAW,SKA,WAN,WAS,

2-letter words (5 found)

AN,AS,AW,KA,NA,

You can make 31 words from swank according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of swank

swank wsank sawnk aswnk wasnk awsnk swnak wsnak snwak nswak wnsak nwsak sanwk asnwk snawk nsawk answk naswk wansk awnsk wnask nwask anwsk nawsk swakn wsakn sawkn aswkn waskn awskn swkan wskan skwan kswan wksan kwsan sakwn askwn skawn ksawn akswn kaswn waksn awksn wkasn kwasn akwsn kawsn swnka wsnka snwka nswka wnska nwska swkna wskna skwna kswna wksna kwsna snkwa nskwa sknwa ksnwa nkswa knswa wnksa nwksa wknsa kwnsa nkwsa knwsa sankw asnkw snakw nsakw anskw naskw saknw asknw skanw ksanw aksnw kasnw snkaw nskaw sknaw ksnaw nksaw knsaw anksw naksw aknsw kansw nkasw knasw wanks awnks wnaks nwaks anwks nawks wakns awkns wkans kwans akwns kawns wnkas nwkas wknas kwnas nkwas knwas ankws nakws aknws kanws nkaws knaws

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

Definitions and meaning of swank

swank

Etymology

From dialectal swank (“to strut, behave ostentatiously”), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English root, derived from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (“to cause to sway, swing”) or from Proto-Germanic *swankaz (“lithe, bendsome, slender”), related to the Scots swank and the Middle High German swanken, modern German schwanken (“to sway”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /swæŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Adjective

swank (comparative swanker, superlative swankest)

  1. Fashionably elegant, posh.

Noun

swank (countable and uncountable, plural swanks)

  1. A fashionably elegant person.
  2. Ostentation; bravado.

Verb

swank (third-person singular simple present swanks, present participle swanking, simple past and past participle swanked)

  1. To swagger, to show off.

Related terms

  • swankily
  • swankiness
  • swanky

Anagrams

  • Kwans, kawns, knaws, wanks

Scots

Adjective

swank (comparative mair swank, superlative maist swank)

  1. slender; pliant; agile; supple
    Synonym: swanking

Source: wiktionary.org