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Is waulk a Scrabble word?

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

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

WAULK,

4-letter words (5 found)

KULA,LAWK,WALK,WAUK,WAUL,

3-letter words (6 found)

ALU,AUK,AWK,AWL,KAW,LAW,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AW,KA,LA,

You can make 16 words from waulk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of waulk

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Definitions and meaning of waulk

waulk

Etymology

From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (to roll up; muffle up), from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (to roll about; full (cloth)). Cognate with Scots waulk (to full), Dutch walken (to full), German walken (to full), Danish valke (to full), Swedish valka (to full). Doublet of walk.

Verb

waulk (third-person singular simple present waulks, present participle waulking, simple past and past participle waulked)

  1. (transitive, obsolete outside Northern England and Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
    • 1992, Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber, Random House Group (Arrow Books), page 590,
      I hid a smile at the mention of wool waulking. Alone among the Highland farms, I was sure, the women of Lailybroch waulked their wool not only to the old traditional chants but also to the rhythms of Moliére and Piron.

Synonyms

  • (make denser and more like felt by soaking and beating): full, walk

Translations

Scots

Etymology

From Old English wealcan (to roll, toss).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑːk/, /woːk/

Verb

waulk (third-person singular simple present waulks, present participle waulkin, simple past waulkit, past participle waulkit)

  1. (transitive) to full (cloth)
  2. (intransitive) (of cloth) to shrink from moisture

Source: wiktionary.org