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wrake

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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
/ɹeɪk/
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/ɹeɪk/ · [ɹeɪ̯kʰ]

Definition of wrake

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
  2. (obsolete)Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.
  3. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of wrack.

verb

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of wrack.

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Etymology

From Middle English wrake (“vengeance, persecution, injury”), from Old English wracu (“revenge, persecution, misery, etc.”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakō, likely related to *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge, vengeance”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka, “persecution”), Middle Low German wrake and Middle Dutch wrake.

Anagrams of wrake

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

8 words

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