CARK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does CARK mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To be anxious; to worry about something.
Cark is archaic and survives in a phrase about carking care, which turns up in poetry and nowhere else. Australian slang uses the same four letters for something breaking down, and the two are unrelated.
How CARK is used
Carked, carking. Archaic.
- Carking care is the phrase that keeps the word alive.
- The word cark means to worry and is archaic.
- Australian slang uses cark for something breaking down.
- Nobody has carked about anything since about 1800.
- Two senses of cark and no connection between them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARK
The 4 tiles of CARK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CARK
3 longer words begin with CARK.
Shorter words from the letters in CARK
Common questions about CARK
- Is CARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARK worth?
- CARK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARK mean?
- To be anxious; to worry about something.
- What letters can be added to CARK?
- CARK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CARK:
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