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Is twerk a Scrabble word?

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

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Is twerk a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1W4E1R1K5

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5-letter words (1 found)

TWERK,

4-letter words (3 found)

TREK,TREW,WERT,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERK,EWK,EWT,KET,RET,REW,TEW,WET,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,ET,EW,RE,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from twerk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of twerk

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Definitions and meaning of twerk

twerk

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /twɛɹk/, [tʰw̥ɝk]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twɜːk/, [tw̥ɜːk]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Etymology 1

Blend of twitch +‎ jerk. The "sexually suggestive movements, especially dance" sense was particularly popularized since c. 2000 by US hip-hop, and again in 2013 by singer Miley Cyrus.

Noun

twerk (plural twerks)

  1. A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.
  2. (informal) A dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks.

Verb

twerk (third-person singular simple present twerks, present participle twerking, simple past and past participle twerked)

  1. To twitch or jerk.
  2. (informal) To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion, especially as a dance.
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Etymology 2

Blend of twerp +‎ jerk, found primarily in the 1930s-era works of Walter Dumaux Edmonds.

Noun

twerk (plural twerks)

  1. (slang, dated, US) A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic, possibly coined by Roger Tory Peterson.

Noun

twerk (plural twerks)

  1. An abrupt call, such as that made by the California quail.

Further reading

  • “twerk”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “twerk”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

External links

  • Twerking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English twerk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twɛrk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrk
  • Syllabification: twerk

Noun

twerk m inan

  1. twerk (dance involving sexual movements of the hips and buttocks)
    Synonym: twerking

Declension

Further reading

  • twerk at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Source: wiktionary.org