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sleck

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

Scrabble points
11
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13
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5

Definition of sleck

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of slake.
    “to sleck lime”
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verb

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of slake.
    “to sleck lime”
  2. (dialectal)To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
  3. (Scotland)To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

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Etymology

From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”).

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