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Is wanker a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wanker is a Scrabble US word. The word wanker is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is wanker a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wanker is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

WANKER,

5-letter words (10 found)

ANKER,AWNER,KNAWE,NAKER,NERKA,RANKE,REWAN,WAKEN,WAKER,WREAK,

4-letter words (30 found)

ANEW,AREW,EARN,KANE,KARN,KERN,KNAR,KNEW,NARE,NARK,NEAR,NERK,RAKE,RANK,RAWN,REAK,REAN,RENK,WAKE,WANE,WANK,WARE,WARK,WARN,WEAK,WEAN,WEAR,WEKA,WENA,WREN,

3-letter words (29 found)

AKE,ANE,ARE,ARK,AWE,AWK,AWN,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERK,ERN,EWK,KAE,KAW,KEA,KEN,NAE,NAW,NEK,NEW,RAN,RAW,REN,REW,WAE,WAN,WAR,WEN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AR,AW,EA,EN,ER,EW,KA,NA,NE,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 84 words from wanker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wanker

wanker

Alternative forms

  • (bowdlerized) w****r, w**ker

Etymology 1

From wank +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwæŋkə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

wanker (plural wankers) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar)

  1. (derogatory) A person who masturbates.
  2. (derogatory) A term of abuse.
    1. An idiot, a stupid person.
    2. An annoying person.
    3. An ineffectual person.
    5. Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
      Hyponyms: wanksta, wankster
  3. A penis.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:wanker.
  4. (humorous) A very informal term of address used between friends.
Usage notes
  • Refers mainly to males. A 2000 study by several British broadcasting organizations found that "wanker" was the fourth most offensive word in the UK (after cunt, motherfucker, and fuck).
Synonyms
  • (person who wanks): tosser, masturbator, onanist, pickle tickler, fingerer
  • (idiot):
    • (Australian) drongo, dropkick, flog, fuckwit, whacker
    • (UK, Ireland) tosspot, tosser, bawbag, knobber, knobhead, dickhead
    • (US) jerk, jerkoff, jagoff
Derived terms
  • wankerdom
  • wankerish
  • merchant banker Rhyming slang often contracted as in He is a right merchant
Translations

Etymology 2

UK 1890s. From stwanker, from stinker. Used at Felsted School, Essex.

Noun

wanker (plural wankers)

  1. (obsolete, British, school slang) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel; a bloater.

References

  • Farmer, John Stephen (1900) The Public School Word-Book‎[1], London: Hirshfeld Brothers, page 217

Anagrams

  • Newark, Warnke

Source: wiktionary.org