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Is tinker a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tinker a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1I1N1K5E1R1

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Yes. The word tinker is a Words With Friends word. The word tinker is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

REKNIT,TINKER,

5-letter words (9 found)

INERT,INKER,INTER,KITER,NITER,NITRE,REINK,TRIKE,TRINE,

4-letter words (27 found)

KEIR,KENT,KERN,KIER,KINE,KIRN,KITE,KNIT,NERK,NITE,REIK,REIN,RENK,RENT,RINE,RINK,RITE,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TIKE,TINE,TINK,TIRE,TREK,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (25 found)

EIK,ERK,ERN,IKE,INK,IRE,IRK,KEN,KET,KIN,KIR,KIT,NEK,NET,NIE,NIT,REI,REN,RET,RIN,RIT,TEN,TIE,TIK,TIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,KI,NE,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from tinker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tinker

tinker

Etymology

From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) +‎ *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋkə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋkɚ/
  • Hyphenation: tin‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

tinker (plural tinkers)

  1. An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
  2. (dated, chiefly British and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups. A gypsy.
  3. (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
  4. Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
  5. The act of repair or invention. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. (military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
  7. Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
  8. A bird, the razor-billed auk.

Synonyms

  • (mischievous person): rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel
  • (member of the travelling community): traveller

Derived terms

  • if ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands
  • tinkerer

Translations

Verb

tinker (third-person singular simple present tinkers, present participle tinkering, simple past and past participle tinkered)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

Synonyms

  • (attempt to fix): fudge, fiddle, hack

Translations

See also

  • tinker, tailor
  • tinker's damn

Further reading

  • “tinker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Kinter, reknit

Source: wiktionary.org