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shirk

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Is shirk a Scrabble word?

Yes, shirk is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of shirk?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.Examples: "the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties"; "Back in school, you ever get busted for trynna walk and have some administrator tell you / "Son, you can shirk your obligations, / and try to be different from your peers, / but responsibility, your future / is gonna find you!""transitive

2. (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.Examples: "If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work."; "September 7, 1830, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Murray One of the cities shirked from the league."; "Shapiro and Stiglitz (1984) develop a dynamic model in which firms induce workers to work hard by paying high wages and threatening to fire workers caught shirking."intransitive

3. (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.Examples: "You that never heard the call of any vocation, […] that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves."transitive

noun (English)

1. (Islam) The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).Examples: "A person can have committed shirk in their lifetime and still find forgiveness (especially by saying the Shahada and becoming a Muslim). The concept is that if one dies in this state (as a mushrik, an idolator, one who engages in and does not repent shirk), there is no forgiveness."uncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "shirk"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "shirk"?

Scrabble
12 points
S1
H4
I1
R1
K5
Words With Friends
11 points
S1
H3
I1
R1
K5

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