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Is cork a Scrabble word?

Yes, cork is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of cork?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.Synonyms: phellemuncountable

2. (botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.Examples: "I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own"; "Because cork is porous, it expands and contracts with changes in humidity."Synonyms: phellemcountableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.Examples: "2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass."transitive

2. (transitive) To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.transitive

3. To fill with cork.Examples: "He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."; "Apparently I used to have some good power even though I was little, but the team we were playing against thought I had corked the bat. I kid you not! They paid $200 to have the bat popped off to prove they were right."transitive

4. (transitive, Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.Examples: "The vicious tackle corked his leg."; "Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on."; "As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh. ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought."Australiatransitive

5. (fishing) To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.Examples: "Kate remembered then, the family fish camp a mile or so up Amartuq Creek, the very creek across the mouth of which Yuri Andreev had tried to cork Joe Anahonak not half an hour before."; "But its soon apparent that there are more boats than fish—at least for the moment. We all drift quietly, keeping an eye out for other boats and other nets. Corking another guy's net is a screaming—bastard offense."; "You're pissed if someone sets too close to you and especially if he sets his net right along yours, "corking" you and intercepting the fish that seem headed to your own net. I was close to this guy's outside net, but definitely not corking him."

6. (transitive) To block (a street) illegally, to allow a protest or other activity to take place without traffic.Examples: "[…] corking the streets is a challenge to capitalist ideologies, like skateboarding in parking lots and walkways […]"transitive

noun (English)

1. (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

verb (English)

1. (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) To perform such a maneuver.

adj (English)

1. (snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Having the property of a head over heels rotation.not-comparable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "cork"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "cork"?

Scrabble
10 points
C3
O1
R1
K5
Words With Friends
11 points
C4
O1
R1
K5

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