unked
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Is unked a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
- Words With Friends No
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (UK, dialect, archaic) odd; strangeExamples: "On Tuesday afternoon Molly returned home, to the home which was already strange, and what Warwickshire people would call 'unked,' to her. New paint, new paper, new colours; grim servants dressed in their best, and objecting to every change"; "Forsooth he misdoubted him that the bow was somewhat unked, and that the lad had had some new dealings with the Dwarf-kin or other strange wights."UKarchaicdialectal
2. (UK, dialect, archaic) uglyExamples: "And there the little stalk of each, which might have been a pear, God willing, had a ring around its base, and sought a chance to drop and die. The others which had not opened comb, but only prepared to do it, were a little better off, but still very brown and unked, and shrivelling in doubt of health, and neither peart nor lusty."UKarchaicdialectal
3. (UK, dialect, archaic) uncouthUKarchaicdialectal
4. (UK, dialect, archaic) lonely; drearyExamples: "March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton Weston is sadly unked without you."UKarchaicdialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary