urka

Not valid in Scrabble

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

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4

Definition of urka

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A common criminal in Russia.
    “He then proceeds to describe the daily calendar of violence at the camp: one urka sprinting flat-out after another urka “with a bloody mattock in his hand, a pig methodically clubbing a fascist to the ground, a workshy snake slicing off the remaining fingers of his left hand.””

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Etymology

Russian у́рка (úrka, “professional criminal, career criminal, thug, thief”)

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2 words

2-letter words

2 words

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