shalk

Not valid in Scrabble

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

Scrabble points: 12
Words With Friends: 12
Letters: 5

Pronunciation

/ʃɔːk/

Definition of shalk

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete)A servant.

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noun

(obsolete)A servant.
(UK, dialectal)A man; fellow.

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Etymology

From Middle English schalk, scalk, from Old English scealc (“servant; man, soldier, sailor”), from Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (“servant, knight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave, separate, part, divide”). Cognate with German Schalk (“joker”), Old Norse skálkr (“servant, rogue”) ( > Danish and Swedish skalk), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “servant”).

Anagrams of shalk

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2-letter words

7 words

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