IRK is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. IRK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IRK?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IRK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IRK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IRK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in IRK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does IRK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To annoy or irritate somebody.
Irk is nearly always used with a thing as the subject rather than a person: what irks is a situation, a delay, a rule. That makes it useful in writing, where it removes the need to say who is to blame, and it is a large part of why the word survives at all.
How IRK is used
Transitive: it irks me. Slightly formal.
- It irks him that nobody checked first.
- The delay irks more than the cost does.
- What irks is the tone rather than the decision.
- She was irked and said nothing for two days.
- A rule that irks everybody equally survives longest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IRK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IRK
The 3 tiles of IRK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IRK
7 longer words begin with IRK.
Words ending in IRK
14 words end in IRK. Useful as a back hook: play IRK onto a word already on the board.
Words with IRK inside
Showing 24 of 87 words that contain IRK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IRK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IRK
Common questions about IRK
- Is IRK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IRK, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IRK worth?
- IRK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IRK mean?
- To annoy or irritate somebody.
- What letters can be added to IRK?
- IRK takes 8 hooks: 7 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of IRK:
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