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newark

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈnjuːək/ (UK)
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/ˈnjuːək/ (UK) · /ˈnuːəɹk/ (US) · /nʊəɹk/ (US) · /ˈnuːɑːɹk/ (US)

Definition of newark

19 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. Any of several places:
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name

  1. Any of several places:
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  11. Any of several places:
    “Earlier on Friday, Watson Coleman posted on social media: "We're at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances.”
  12. Any of several places:
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Etymology

Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche.

Anagrams of newark

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

12 words

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