DUCK

What DUCK Means

1. noun: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
2. noun: (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
3. verb: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away“Before he could duck, another stone struck him”
4. verb: submerge or plunge suddenly

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DUCK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 U1 C3 K5.

Words Made From The Letters In DUCK

1 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (1)

Longer Words Containing DUCK

DUCK appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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