ERK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. ERK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ERK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ERK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does ERK mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangBritish
A slang term for a low-ranking member of the Royal Air Force, especially an ordinary aircraftman.
The word erk was used informally among British service personnel to refer to an aircraftman of the lowest rank, someone with little seniority who carried out routine, often unglamorous duties. It carries a slightly dismissive tone, marking out the ordinary recruit as distinct from officers and specialists.
How ERK is used
Informal military slang, mainly British; now mostly found in accounts of service life rather than current use.
- The sergeant barked orders at the erks lined up on the tarmac.
- As a new erk, he was given the dullest jobs on the base.
- Veterans still swap stories about what life was like for an erk in wartime.
- The officer treated the erks with a mixture of impatience and rough affection.
- Being an erk meant polishing boots and scrubbing floors long before flying anything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERK
1 longer words begin with ERK.
Words ending in ERK
19 words end in ERK. Useful as a back hook: play ERK onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERK inside
Showing 24 of 178 words that contain ERK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERK
Common questions about ERK
- Is ERK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERK, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERK worth?
- ERK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERK mean?
- A slang term for a low-ranking member of the Royal Air Force, especially an ordinary aircraftman.
- What letters can be added to ERK?
- ERK takes 10 hooks: 9 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ERK:
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