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Is weak a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word weak is a Scrabble US word. The word weak is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

W4E1A1K5

Is weak a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word weak is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

W4E1A1K5

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

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4-letter words (3 found)

WAKE,WEAK,WEKA,

3-letter words (8 found)

AKE,AWE,AWK,EWK,KAE,KAW,KEA,WAE,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AW,EA,EW,KA,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of weak

weak ewak waek awek eawk aewk weka ewka wkea kwea ekwa kewa wake awke wkae kwae akwe kawe eakw aekw ekaw keaw akew kaew

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word weak. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in weak.

Definitions and meaning of weak

weak

Alternative forms

  • weake (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English weyk, wayk, weik, waik, from Old Norse veikr (“weak”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (“weak, yielded, pliant, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, wind”).

Cognate with Old English wāc (“weak, bendsome”), Saterland Frisian wook (“soft, gentle, tender”), West Frisian weak (“soft”), Dutch week (“soft, weak”), German weich (“weak, soft”), Norwegian veik (“weak”), Swedish vek (“weak, pliant”), Icelandic veikur (“bendsome, weak”). Related to Old English wīcan (“to yield”). Doublet of week and wick.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The irregular pattern PIE *k > Proto-Germanic *k is left unexplained”)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wēk, IPA(key): /wiːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk
  • Homophone: week

Adjective

weak (comparative weaker, superlative weakest)

  1. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
  2. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
  3. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
  4. (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
  5. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
  6. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
    1. (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
    2. (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
    3. (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
  7. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
  8. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  9. (slang) Bad or uncool.
  10. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
  11. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
  12. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
  13. Lacking in vigour or expression.
  14. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
  15. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
  16. (photography) Lacking contrast.

Synonyms

  • (lacking in force or ability): feeble, frail, powerless, vincible, assailable, vulnerable
  • (lacking in taste or potency): dilute, watery
  • See also Thesaurus:weak

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "lacking in force or ability"): healthy, powerful, robust, strong, invincible
  • (antonym(s) of "lacking in taste or potency"): potent, robust, strong
  • (antonym(s) of "chemistry: that does not ionize completely"): strong

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

  • Wake, wake, weka

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wāk, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪə̯k/

Adjective

weak

  1. (Clay) soft

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • wêk (Wood)

Further reading

  • “weak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org