wark

Meanings

Plural: warks

Noun

Pain; ache.
Work.
A building.

Verb

To be in pain; ache.

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 is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wark is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wark is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

wark is a valid Words With Friends word