Is IRK a Scrabble word?
Yes. IRK is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning to irritate; annoy; bother
Verb 1 meaning
to irritate; annoy; bother
“It irks me doing all this work and have someone wreck it.”
Noun 1 meaning
An annoyance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrċan (“to work”). Doublet of work.
IRK at a glance
IRK has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (I 1 + R 1 + K 5) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #58,018 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -IRK
More endings- KIRK12
- DIRK9
- QUIRK18
- SMIRK11
- SHIRK12
- BIRK10
- CHIRK14
- STIRK9
- MIRK10
- FIRK11
- LIRK8
- STEENKIRK17
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