The word erk 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.)

  • erk n. (Britain, slang) A member of the groundcrew in the RAF.
  • erk interj. (Colloquial) An expression of trepidation; eek.
  • erk interj. (Australia, colloquial) An expression of revulsion or disgust; yuck.

14 valid words from 3 definitions

AN COLLOQUIAL DISGUST EEK EXPRESSION IN MEMBER OF OR REVULSION SLANG THE TREPIDATION YUCK

4 invalid words from 3 definitions

AUSTRALIA BRITAIN GROUNDCREW RAF

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

ER

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

RE

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

ARK EEK EIK ELK ERA ERE ERF ERG ERM ERN ERR ERS EUK EWK IRK

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

ER

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ERKS

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

BERKO BERKS JERKS JERKY KERKY MERKS NERKA NERKS PERKS PERKY SERKS YERKS ZERKS CLERKS JERKED JERKER JERKIN MERKIN NERKAS PERKED PERKIN SMERKS TWERKS YERKED CLERKED CLERKLY GHERKIN JERKERS JERKIER JERKIES JERKILY JERKING JERKINS KERKIER MEERKAT MERKINS PERKIER PERKILY PERKING PERKINS PERKISH REPERKS SERKALI SMERKED TWERKED YERKING BERSERKS CIDERKIN CLERKDOM CLERKESS + 128 words

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

BERK JERK MERK NERK PERK SERK YERK ZERK CLERK SMERK TWERK REPERK BERSERK HAUBERK KNEEJERK SUBCLERK CHECKCLERK SALESCLERK

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

+A RAKE REAK
+B BERK KERB
+C RECK
+D DREK
+E REEK REKE
+F KERF
+I KEIR KIER REIK
+J JERK
+M MERK
+N KERN NERK RENK
+O KERO KORE ROKE
+P PERK
+S ERKS SERK SKER
+T TREK
+Y RYKE YERK
+Z ZERK

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

-K ER RE

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 17.0 chance (5.87%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 64.2 chance (1.56%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • 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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