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

T1A1S1K5

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T1A1S1K5

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4-letter words (4 found)

KATS,SKAT,TAKS,TASK,

3-letter words (9 found)

ASK,ATS,KAS,KAT,SAT,SKA,TAK,TAS,TSK,

2-letter words (5 found)

AS,AT,KA,ST,TA,

You can make 18 words from task according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of task

task

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxāre (“censure; charge”). Doublet of tax.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: täsk, IPA(key): /tɑːsk/
  • (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /task/
  • (General American) enPR: tăsk, IPA(key): /tæsk/
  • Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

Noun

task (plural tasks)

  1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
  2. Any piece of work done.
  3. A single action undertaken by a given agent.
  4. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
  5. An objective.
  6. (computing) A process or execution of a program.
  7. (obsolete) A tax or charge.
Synonyms
  • (piece of work): chore, job
  • (difficult undertaking): undertaking
  • (objective): objective, goal
  • (process): process
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Verb

task (third-person singular simple present tasks, present participle tasking, simple past and past participle tasked)

  1. (transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
  2. (transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
  3. (transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
Derived terms
  • multitask
  • multi-task
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

task

  1. Alternative form of taisch.

Anagrams

  • AKST, KTAS, Kast, askt, kast, kats, skat

Swedish

Noun

task c

  1. (colloquial) a dick (penis)

Declension

See also

  • kuk

References

  • task in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • task in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • task in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Fula Ordboken

Source: wiktionary.org