wark
Plural: warks
Noun
- Pain; ache.
- Work.
- A building.
Verb
Verb Forms: warked, warking, warks
- To endure pain or suffering; to ache.
- To be in pain; ache.
Examples
- His brain would wark after hours of intense Scrabble strategizing.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English werk, warch, from Old English wærc, wræc (“pain, suffering, anguish”), from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make, work, act”). Cognate with Swedish värk (“ache, pain”), Icelandic verkur (“pain”). Related to work.
Synonyms
ache, agonize, agony, anguish, building, edifice, effort, exertion, hurt, labour, misery, pain, pains, pang, passion, suffer, thole, throe, wark, work, wring
Scrabble Score: 11
wark: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwark: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wark: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary