yerkish
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈjɜːrkɪʃ/
Definition of yerkish
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
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An artificial language of lexigrams developed for use by non-human primates.
“Kanzi's ability to ‘speak’ in Yerkish and understand English is impressive.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Yerkes + -ish, after Robert M. Yerkes, the founder of the laboratory within which the lexigrams were first used.
Words you can make from yerkish
88 playable · top: SHRIEKY (17 pts)
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