Swink in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is swink a Scrabble word?

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

S1W4I1N1K5

Is swink a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1W4I1N1K5

Is swink a Words With Friends word?

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

S1W4I1N2K5

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5-letter words (2 found)

SWINK,WINKS,

4-letter words (6 found)

INKS,KINS,SINK,SKIN,WINK,WINS,

3-letter words (10 found)

INK,INS,KIN,KIS,NIS,SIK,SIN,SKI,WIN,WIS,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,IS,KI,SI,

You can make 22 words from swink according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of swink

swink wsink siwnk iswnk wisnk iwsnk swnik wsnik snwik nswik wnsik nwsik sinwk isnwk sniwk nsiwk inswk niswk winsk iwnsk wnisk nwisk inwsk niwsk swikn wsikn siwkn iswkn wiskn iwskn swkin wskin skwin kswin wksin kwsin sikwn iskwn skiwn ksiwn ikswn kiswn wiksn iwksn wkisn kwisn ikwsn kiwsn swnki wsnki snwki nswki wnski nwski swkni wskni skwni kswni wksni kwsni snkwi nskwi sknwi ksnwi nkswi knswi wnksi nwksi wknsi kwnsi nkwsi knwsi sinkw isnkw snikw nsikw inskw niskw siknw isknw skinw ksinw iksnw kisnw snkiw nskiw skniw ksniw nksiw knsiw inksw niksw iknsw kinsw nkisw knisw winks iwnks wniks nwiks inwks niwks wikns iwkns wkins kwins ikwns kiwns wnkis nwkis wknis kwnis nkwis knwis inkws nikws iknws kinws nkiws kniws

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

Definitions and meaning of swink

swink

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swɪŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour).

Noun

swink (countable and uncountable, plural swinks)

  1. (archaic) toil, work, drudgery

Etymology 2

From Middle English swinken, from Old English swincan (to labour, work at, strive, struggle; be in trouble; languish), from Proto-Germanic *swinkaną (to swing, bend), from Proto-Indo-European *sweng-, *swenk- (to bend, swing, swivel). Cognate with Old Norse svinka (to work). Related to swing.

Verb

swink (third-person singular simple present swinks, present participle swinking, simple past swank or swonk or swinkt or swinked, past participle swunk or swunken or swonken or swinkt or swinked)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To labour, to work hard
  2. (archaic, transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
Derived terms
  • beswink
  • forswink
  • swinker

References

  • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=swink
  • http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=swink

Anagrams

  • Winks, winks

Source: wiktionary.org