The word awk is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • awk adj. (Obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
  • awk adj. (Obsolete) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister.
  • awk adj. (Obsolete, UK, dialect) Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

AWKWARD CLUMSY COMMONLY DEXTEROUS DIALECT IN MANNERS NOT OBSOLETE ODD OF OR ORDER OUT PERFORMANCE PERVERSE SINISTER USED WRONG

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

UK

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

AW

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

KAW

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ARK ASK AUK AWA AWE AWL AWN EWK

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

AW

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

AWKS AWKWARD AWKWARDER AWKWARDLY AWKWARDEST AWKWARDISH AWKWARDNESS AWKWARDNESSES

107 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

BAWKS CAWKS DAWKS GAWKS GAWKY HAWKS LAWKS MAWKS MAWKY PAWKS PAWKY CAWKER CHAWKS GAWKED GAWKER HAWKED HAWKER HAWKEY HAWKIE HAWKIT MAWKIN CAWKERS GAWKERS GAWKIER GAWKIES GAWKILY GAWKING GAWKISH HAWKBIT HAWKERS HAWKEYS HAWKIES HAWKING HAWKISH MAWKIER MAWKINS MAWKISH MOHAWKS PAWKIER PAWKILY SQUAWKS SQUAWKY DORHAWKS GAWKIEST GOSHAWKS HAWKBELL HAWKBILL HAWKBITS HAWKEYED HAWKINGS + 57 words

23 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BAWK CAWK DAWK GAWK HAWK LAWK MAWK PAWK CHAWK MOHAWK SQUAWK DORHAWK GOSHAWK SEAHAWK BALLHAWK MOPEHAWK NEWSHAWK TOMAHAWK EAGLEHAWK MOLLYHAWK MOLLYMAWK NIGHTHAWK SPARROWHAWK

22 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A KAWA WAKA
+B BAWK
+C CAWK WACK
+D DAWK
+E WAKE WEAK WEKA
+F WAKF
+G GAWK
+H HAWK
+L LAWK WALK
+M MAWK
+N WANK
+P PAWK
+R WARK
+S AWKS KAWS SKAW
+U WAUK

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-K AW
-W KA

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 52.5 chance (1.90%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 257 chance (0.39%).

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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